“Don’t just exist. Live.”
Saw this on a Tantra tee-shirt some time back. It got me thinking. I mean really hard. Until a certain point in time, during our formative years, we live. We really live life. Then begins the vicious cycle of doing something in life. Achieving something. Getting there. And doing what? After getting there I mean. And do we really get there? Cuz any goal is really the starting point for another race. Expectations rise. It’s like that mime show where these guys try to pick a hat but their foot always kicks it first, so they just keep following the hat, never really able to pick it up at all.
We work so hard to earn enough and feed our loved ones, our families. Then once we reach that financial summit, work takes another form. It becomes a journey, a kind of challenge to excel at. Ok, I made the big bucks, I have got all the materialistic comforts. I’ve worked up the ladder. Then you look down. Boy, what a ladder! You’re entire life has gone right by. Whoosh! Like that. And then you take a moment and think, ‘heck I’ve been so busy trying to earn the means by which to live, I’ve ended up just existing.” That’s when you stop existing. And start wearing tee shirts with philosophy printed on both sides.
I could go on rambling, but you see the problem is, I have a document to worry about. See you folks. And remember to wear those tee shirts. You never now, you just might inspire someone to live.
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oopsie.. now why did i conclude that? I swear I saw 'phatichar' there and the template was same too :p.. so 2 + 2 made 5 in my case :-)
fairy: :) happens sometimes...
Such posts are dangerous to twenty-year-olds like me who're still in the I-wanna-achieve-something phase and are going insane due to it :)
angel:well, not really...it depends on individuals. pahle kaam karna shuru to karo... :) don't worry, you won't go insane. Yeah, if you succeed in driving others insane, then you're in the right phase of life.. hehehe (that was a sorry joke) :)
well said brother ... it is all so futile, yes? ... very cool blog u got btw.
saltwater: Yeah, futile it does seem at times...but you know how it is, hmm? "Do what it takes"...thanx for droppin' by..
yeah..I love this quote---"Don't get so busy making a living that you actually forget to live a life" :)
Have you posted this from Blurty? Why does it feel like I've read it before? :)
I don't like wearing t-shirts though ;)
shub: yeah...true.
khush: shhhhhh.. :) the post is from blurty no doubts, but what triggered it was the fact that i saw a guy wearing a similar tee shirt yesterday and wanted to write about it. then i remembered having posted about tees in blurty a long time ago, so...didn't wanna waste any extra energy, hehehe.
So true and I'm so trying to do something about it.
I love Tantra Tees.. am wearing one right now.. it says India Rocks.. but then why am I in the US? makes you wonder...
ok byebye! going to Live now..
wannnh, i want a Tantra tee...!!!
sqrl: :)
gabby: :) get someone to bring it along next time they travel to the US..
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