Random Thoughts

Do we need to learn to love a person? I believe so. Love is not lust, to be instantaneous and sparkling. There might be a phase, where that feeling of need for each other exists, the need to be with the person, in the whispered lullabies or sweet nothings, but, that is just a phase. What would happen when they outgrow that? When the need to hear the sweet nothings, though prominent, is a mere whim of a calculated mind and when the promises of eternal happiness are just a reflection of past, rather than the truths of the moment, does love exist? Perhaps, it does, in some corner, masked in an unassuming cover, in desperate need of dusting and cleaning. Well, then, how would one want to regenerate it? Particularly, how would one fight the urge to just let it go and let it be? The root cause of the uncertainty in trusting the loved one is because of expectations. Expectation of the partner, to either reciprocate the warmth or the expectation of unconditional love – when that unconditional ...

How can we measure the extent of an emotion at a given moment? Is there a calibration scale that will measure the truth in that emotion? When we use words like – happy, euphoric, jubilant, love – to express the positive emotions and words like – dislike, hurt, grief, pain, sorrow – to express negative emotions, (I still need to understand how these words were coined), is there a measuring scale that will say – for these many units of positive energy – this is the word to use and for these negative units – this is the word? I sometimes find it exceptionally difficult to pinpoint the emotion running through me and I keep wondering if there are machines that can justifiably measure the rate of positive and negative energies running through me. But, then, I guess, both the energies balance out, leaving me in the same state, day after day. Which is not really bad, considering that I can always border around on the negative force and be chronically depressed, which is not something I want to...

Aren’t we all comfortable to be reactive than proactive? Newton’s third law works, every single time. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. How easy is it to act based on circumstances? Circumstances are the actions that cause our reactions. But then, super humans are those who use circumstances to resolve their course of action and bend those circumstances to their will. So, how many super humans exist out there? It makes me ponder about the simplicity of right and wrong and how the perceptions of those concepts, change with circumstances. Despite the gut feel, most of the time, are there not multiple things that seem to be right, when in a cross-road? But somehow, one takes a priority over the other. And perhaps, it boils down to that moment, when one reaches a conclusion that, most of time, words mean nothing and willingness to act, mean nothing too. And sometimes, the right thing might be the most difficult of all. So, should one shun away from the right thing?

Valentine’s day!!! There is something gooey about this day. Well, it is obvious, since it surrounds love, the most coveted of the pursuits in life. And so, I thought that I too shall be a part of this sharing and expressing love and I went to the movie, valentine’s Day and guess what? I loved it. If someone wants two hour break from a nervous break down, they can watch this film and they would not regret it. It is sweet, it is romantic, it is touching and it is filled with fun. But, if that is all, I would not brag about it so much! It also pointed out – how sometimes when the love is staring right at your face, one tends to ignore it and run around, trying to find that Mr or Miss Perfect. Though there is just too much of stardom in the movie and I personally felt that not all the characters had their share of role, there is a central theme to the movie that surrounded a florist and his best friend. The movie succeeded in showing all forms of love – the budding, the blooming and th...