By Geetanjali Sharma
As the world moves towards an increasingly global way of living, our life has become more complicated and less secure. With wider audiences to cater to, almost everything has become about selling, buying and investing; be it a product, a service or just a hobby.
In a society that finds it strong and acceptable to move on this path, staying focused sometimes turns mysterious. On a dark day or a bright starry night, thoughts and emotions can become overwhelming. In such a mood, sitting in silence on a terrace loaded with blooming shades of spring and summer, I bite my lip unromantically, trying to make sense of how beginnings lose context once in action.
Teasing the mind into believing the new is not a wise way to build a world full of people, lost and broken. While the audience is ready to take any and every information sent their way, I find it hard to covey a basic understanding of ‘end of new beginnings’. Be it an infant beginning to eat semi-solid foods or an adult starting a new job, the idea behind the start is lost soon after. Once a child starts to eat, their food is monitored – quality and quantity, type and taste, but, once they begin to grow up and are old enough to form their own opinions or much older, the idea behind being careful of what is eaten disappears. Similarly, no matter how focused and determined you are about a new beginning, making it last with the same mindset and purpose is sadly stressful.
So, with every kind of work, clinical or creative, household or professional, personal or social, if we start it with an utmost sense of being particular, what happens later? Where does the discipline vanish?
After entering parenthood, I cherish all the ‘firsts’ and ‘new beginnings’. While I find it very important to enjoy the smallest milestones, such moments do get me thinking. Thinking about the basics of all our lives – the needs and expectations, wants and desires, which have overshadowed our ability to stay focused on what matters.
The care we must take of our bodies. The appreciation we forget to give ourselves for the smallest things. Sustaining family bonds which were taught to us from the very beginning. Reminding ourselves of how far we all have come yet the sun rises and sets the same way. Nature still shines through and life still remains beautiful. Whilst the beauty of life persists, I find it the best time to find time for securing our way of life by staying focused on our bearings.
(Geetanjali Sharma is an author and communications specialist. She holds a post-graduate degree in international communication from Macquarie University, Australia.)
