It was last Sunday – The Official Weekly off – Of course the ‘Official’ as they call itJ. I stress on “Official” as my Husband is always busy and has this typical and favourite line of his “I wish I had the time to do it” and I always have my favourite fighting line in response saying … “When will u have that time?”
We were in the study working on our individual assignments when from somewhere this discussion cropped up. It was the evening time when sun was setting and the sky was looking amazingly beautiful. There was a slight drizzle also in the morning which made the weather very calm, cool and soothing. I said my husband “let’s sit in the balcony for a cup of tea”. Very surprisingly he agreed with just one invitation and we thoroughly the evening tea to the dregs of the cup... It was certainly one of those treasured moments.
Taking the last sip of tea my husband took a sigh and said “That was certainly one of the beautiful Sundays of my life”. I smiled and I said “Well we will have certainly many more such”.
Taking a pause he said “By the way, how many Sundays do we have together? I din’t quiet understand the question. Explaining further he said “Do u know even if a man lives to his full of 100 years he has in total 36,500 days and 5200 weeks. It hit me and said “O which means 5200 Sundays only... Is that all that we have?”
“Is it really true that we all have just 36,500 days with us in our life time? I couldn’t believe it and I did my calculation getting a calculator since I thought we were into some wrong calculation.
He smiled, looked at me and said “Yes my dear!!! J And that too only if we both live for 100 years together”
Adding further, he said “From that we have already moved 30 years ahead which means we have already lost 1500 Sundays and are just left with 3700 Sundays, which can be even less if we don’t touch 100 ”
Now that gave me a real punch. I went into a deep thought wondering …
“What have I done with these 1500 Sundays already passed by?”
“What can I do in just 3700 Sundays left with me … they are so less and I have so many things to do”
Seeing that I was going a little emotional about it he said “But Life can always be led as a Mayfly”. The lifespan of an adult mayfly can vary from just 30 minutes to one day depending on the species. He fills his day with the things he loves. He soars! He swoops! He savours every moment! He plays sports; He even mates during the meager 24 hours of his life. And at the end of the day rather at the end his life sits down to watch the sunset with his beloved!
Yes! Maybe there’s a lesson in this, for us all. Just think, if we embrace life, like the mayfly, what a life that would be!
At times this seems difficult. We got loads of things to worry about. We got our family, friends, studies, and work. Life is not always fair. There are times when life is more of a burden than a chance. Every night we go to bed, worrying about tomorrow. Worrying about work, about college, about the bills you got to pay, about your annoying colleagues, irritating teachers, nagging parents. Well, do we ever wonder if we would ever see the sunrise tomorrow?
In the real sense, what does living every moment to the fullest mean? Living carelessly as if there isn’t a tomorrow or is it living as if we aren’t going to come back ever again? Not necessarily so.
It means enjoying what you are doing at the moment. It’s also about the right choices you make. At times in this fast moving world, this might be tough. It may not be as easy as putting it in words. But then, we all live on hope. Because we mighty creatures do have lessons to learn from the mayfly after all!
I'm absolutely sure that's not all of it. But the question is, how much of that can I do with these few days left in my kitty and how to USE YOUR LIFE, BEFORE THE WORLD GOES AND FLUTTERS BY J
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ReplyDeleteNice thought..wish it was easy to live each day like it was your last!I know u hear it everyday, but never get along to do it
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