Few years ago when our generation Every morning, when we get out of bed, our day takes a jump start; job, kids, house, and friends, and thousand things to fit in. We arrange and rearrange our schedule to fit in as much as we can. We try our best to see that no one or nothing is left behind. Many a times we do get things done, but, most of the time there is something or some one left out. That does not mean that particular person or chore is not important. It is that, we have just 24hours in our day, and two hands and one brain to get all those finished with satisfaction. Then the days seem to be so filled up, that we find ourselves more spent than actually fulfilled. The schedule we set out for ourselves seems to be a bit of a"over achieving" kind. We live in a myth by saying to ourselves that, if I have it in my notes, I will get it done. There is a possibility that the things will be done, but again there is a chance that the quality will be not as par. Resulting in a situation in which we don't really get to enjoy our achievements. So in retrospective, would that be a good choice? That is entirely a personal opinion. How he or she thinks, the handling is to be done and the satisfaction level of the individual matters too. This trait lies in the personality of the individual involved.
was in school, I often heard the older generation sigh, especially my grand parents, saying in a the most lamenting fashion, that today's kids don't have time to enjoy. I was wondering, if they were alive today, and watched my kids growing up, they would have been utterly shocked. They would have deemed me a total disaster as a mother. In their opinion all my kids are doing is running from one thing to an other, with me being their shepherd, me shooing them from behind or pulling them from front. There is always a gap in the thinking stream from each generation to generation. Have always wondered, why does this happen. Are we really moving too fast? Or the change is so quick that each senior generation can not keep up with it? We often say and think about most of the our life in a different light, than our own parents or grandparent, but have you noticed that the vocabulary is different but the concept is the same. We always feel that the present generation is missing all the carefree and stress-less fun we had at their age.
There are number of possibilities to the above questions, but the most probable answer would be that time changes. The system of society evolves and so does the way of life of the people. So what was considered a major entertainment once can become obsolete, like yesterday's gadget. Therefore we have that concept in which each generation thinks that, their time was the best.
The only thing that has lessened is the bonding among families. No one is to be blamed for this, as life has become a super sonic world, in which relations have many a times taken the back seat. Matters of heart is so rare now a days, that, it sometimes scares me. I have seen youngsters living a life of fulfillment of materialistic value, where as they might have no one in particular to share with. They have many hundreds of friends but no many to fall back on. The bond of the family and real good friends are two things which keeps a human more grounded than any thing else. It has the capacity to mold the character and give it the strength it needs to fight against the odds of life.
The daily run and re-runs of our life makes it most of time in a monotonous rhythm. It is broken by the beats of sudden happenings, some good and some bad. These are misfortunes or miracles, both which we do not have any say or doing in. May be at the end of every day, we need to sit for few minutes to contemplate the whole day. It would be wise to take a day at a time, as too much of pre-planing or past contemplations, can make us go through a whirl wind of emotions. The old saying of the "glass is half full", would keep our spirits high and let us harness the energy to propel ourselves into the next waiting day.
The expectations with the rise of the sun, and the whole day to achieve, to accomplish, to get and to give, all of the above bundled up in ourselves. With the accumulation of years, we change our priorities. Our center of pivot changes, and the importance of the work we do and the people in our life changes. The only thing constant is our drive to get things done, to get to the point A to B through the chosen path. We gain and simultaneously loose so many things and people in this whole journey, but what stays along is the mark we left in the hearts of those we touched. That is our reward, our treasure and our achievement beyond any other financial accomplishment. With a new generation of kids growing up, the present generation tending to them will always hold a different view point, no matter how many generations go by. It is just the normal trend of the passage of time. No one is wrong at no point but the the battle will be on till the times ends.
was in school, I often heard the older generation sigh, especially my grand parents, saying in a the most lamenting fashion, that today's kids don't have time to enjoy. I was wondering, if they were alive today, and watched my kids growing up, they would have been utterly shocked. They would have deemed me a total disaster as a mother. In their opinion all my kids are doing is running from one thing to an other, with me being their shepherd, me shooing them from behind or pulling them from front. There is always a gap in the thinking stream from each generation to generation. Have always wondered, why does this happen. Are we really moving too fast? Or the change is so quick that each senior generation can not keep up with it? We often say and think about most of the our life in a different light, than our own parents or grandparent, but have you noticed that the vocabulary is different but the concept is the same. We always feel that the present generation is missing all the carefree and stress-less fun we had at their age.
There are number of possibilities to the above questions, but the most probable answer would be that time changes. The system of society evolves and so does the way of life of the people. So what was considered a major entertainment once can become obsolete, like yesterday's gadget. Therefore we have that concept in which each generation thinks that, their time was the best.
The only thing that has lessened is the bonding among families. No one is to be blamed for this, as life has become a super sonic world, in which relations have many a times taken the back seat. Matters of heart is so rare now a days, that, it sometimes scares me. I have seen youngsters living a life of fulfillment of materialistic value, where as they might have no one in particular to share with. They have many hundreds of friends but no many to fall back on. The bond of the family and real good friends are two things which keeps a human more grounded than any thing else. It has the capacity to mold the character and give it the strength it needs to fight against the odds of life.
The daily run and re-runs of our life makes it most of time in a monotonous rhythm. It is broken by the beats of sudden happenings, some good and some bad. These are misfortunes or miracles, both which we do not have any say or doing in. May be at the end of every day, we need to sit for few minutes to contemplate the whole day. It would be wise to take a day at a time, as too much of pre-planing or past contemplations, can make us go through a whirl wind of emotions. The old saying of the "glass is half full", would keep our spirits high and let us harness the energy to propel ourselves into the next waiting day.
The expectations with the rise of the sun, and the whole day to achieve, to accomplish, to get and to give, all of the above bundled up in ourselves. With the accumulation of years, we change our priorities. Our center of pivot changes, and the importance of the work we do and the people in our life changes. The only thing constant is our drive to get things done, to get to the point A to B through the chosen path. We gain and simultaneously loose so many things and people in this whole journey, but what stays along is the mark we left in the hearts of those we touched. That is our reward, our treasure and our achievement beyond any other financial accomplishment. With a new generation of kids growing up, the present generation tending to them will always hold a different view point, no matter how many generations go by. It is just the normal trend of the passage of time. No one is wrong at no point but the the battle will be on till the times ends.
totally agree. we are in a rat race. too much on our plates than we can handle.
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