Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Tee's the truth...

“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.

13 comments:

Twilight Fairy said...

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 :-)

phatichar said...

fairy: :) happens sometimes...

Anonymous said...

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 :)

phatichar said...

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) :)

SwB said...

well said brother ... it is all so futile, yes? ... very cool blog u got btw.

phatichar said...

saltwater: Yeah, futile it does seem at times...but you know how it is, hmm? "Do what it takes"...thanx for droppin' by..

shub said...

yeah..I love this quote---"Don't get so busy making a living that you actually forget to live a life" :)

AAA said...

Have you posted this from Blurty? Why does it feel like I've read it before? :)

I don't like wearing t-shirts though ;)

phatichar said...

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.

Anonymous said...

So true and I'm so trying to do something about it.

Anonymous said...

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..

GratisGab said...

wannnh, i want a Tantra tee...!!!

phatichar said...

sqrl: :)
gabby: :) get someone to bring it along next time they travel to the US..