Walls are
amazing things. When man began his stint on this planet little did he know that
one day he would be surrounded by so many walls that the journey which got him
here will stop. Almost abruptly, the so called journey being evolution has
stagnated. Man has stopped evolving. We have all stopped evolving. Thanks to
the walls. We have created a society that stops anything new from coming in.
Anything new, Anything unknown and Anything distant. A child, who is supposed
to learn about the universe that he is a part of by exploring this
magnificently miscellaneous world of ours instead is made to sit in closed
rooms and taught about standing lines and sitting lines( the new way to learn
alphabets apparently!). Every piece of information is refined and converted
into conformity and imitation ultimately leaving no room for evolution. So
these minds when they grow up are nothing but a notebook filled with countless
dos and don’ts. And weird as our society is we always do what we are not
supposed to do. Walls are amazing things.
“We’re all
in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.” –Oscar Wilde
There is a
whole different world out there that is waiting to be discovered, revealed. A
world that does not have any lines, nor does it have any circles. There is only
existence, life and wonder. Every man deserves a journey of his own. He
deserves to come up with questions. And he deserves answers from the universe.
Those are the lessons he is meant to learn. And then maybe come up with a
different version of calculus and relativity! No boundaries, no blind faith, no
limitations. It took us a long and painful ride to get here with a mind that
thinks and a vision that can look far and wide. When you look at the stars at
night and wonder, you are fulfilling your life’s purpose. That is precisely
what life expects of us. To seek the truth which is actually everywhere but you
need a special set of eyes to look at it. You need to demolish the walls and
build new ones instead. The ones that have doors and windows, lots of them. The
ones that’ll protect you from rain and thunder but will also let the sunshine
inside once the clouds are gone. There are pretty pictures outside. All you
need to do is close your eyes, step outland and find new vision. That’ll make
all of this worthwhile. That will make living worthwhile.
If only there was a window to slip into retrospection. I enjoyed reading it :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant piece!!! Very well written!!!
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