Given the power of flashback to summarize one's journey so far... we all pick out these big days, which punctuate our life with events which are landmarks by their sheer nature and structure.
These days symbolically herald big changes... They are not the days that are extremely productive, exciting, joyful or painful. They are just days which differ from the others because they mark a shift. These are the days that mark the beginning or the end of an era or a period. They are symbolic but they are all that you might care to remember decades down the line - the day you got your degree, the day you submitted a report, the day you gave a big presentation, the day you got a job, the day you got engaged or the day you got married. These days are what one remembers as representative flashes of their life - as landmarks on our journey along the road.
But our life is in fact lived interspersed between these landmarks... It is the anxiety and the hard work before each test that makes you what you are, it is the preparation for the exam that teaches you and it is the time spent with your loved ones that count.... but it is the end that always registers and makes an imprint! Everyone remembers the big wedding day but very few remember the months of nerve wracking and enthralling courtship that preceded the big day... or the tiring preparations and arrangements that went behind the big day... More than those special days, it is the days of the everyday mundane that are more important... It is these nondescript moments that shape you and your life by making a difference.... Somehow, the end is what seemingly justifies the means but somewhere we all tend to lose sight of the fact that more often than not, the means are more important ! The journey is more important than the end... and sometimes, that is all there is !!
But these "big days" make a difference in their own small ways... they signify a break or a pause from the ordinary. They mark the beginning or the end... They are a time well spent on introspection, on critical thinking and on acknowledging the many contributions that shape your life... These are the moments where one stops, looks back and appreciates life. So, while these big days make an impact and give us perspective, it is the everyday mundane that really makes our life !!!
These days symbolically herald big changes... They are not the days that are extremely productive, exciting, joyful or painful. They are just days which differ from the others because they mark a shift. These are the days that mark the beginning or the end of an era or a period. They are symbolic but they are all that you might care to remember decades down the line - the day you got your degree, the day you submitted a report, the day you gave a big presentation, the day you got a job, the day you got engaged or the day you got married. These days are what one remembers as representative flashes of their life - as landmarks on our journey along the road.
But our life is in fact lived interspersed between these landmarks... It is the anxiety and the hard work before each test that makes you what you are, it is the preparation for the exam that teaches you and it is the time spent with your loved ones that count.... but it is the end that always registers and makes an imprint! Everyone remembers the big wedding day but very few remember the months of nerve wracking and enthralling courtship that preceded the big day... or the tiring preparations and arrangements that went behind the big day... More than those special days, it is the days of the everyday mundane that are more important... It is these nondescript moments that shape you and your life by making a difference.... Somehow, the end is what seemingly justifies the means but somewhere we all tend to lose sight of the fact that more often than not, the means are more important ! The journey is more important than the end... and sometimes, that is all there is !!
But these "big days" make a difference in their own small ways... they signify a break or a pause from the ordinary. They mark the beginning or the end... They are a time well spent on introspection, on critical thinking and on acknowledging the many contributions that shape your life... These are the moments where one stops, looks back and appreciates life. So, while these big days make an impact and give us perspective, it is the everyday mundane that really makes our life !!!
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