The Past, Present & Future

The title sounds like one of those cult movies right (Kal Aaj Aur Kal types in true Bollywood eshtyle)!!

Now this is something I was discussing with a classmate of mine recently. Basically one looks ahead and wonders what the future might hold; planning what one should achieve / gain and work towards them- both personally and professionally. We did think that it helps and that all of us should do a kind of stock taking as we stand right now in this moment in time - THE PRESENT.

Someone rightly said - The past is gone, the future is unseen. Today is with you...it's a gift. That's why it is called PRESENT. Nice one!!

Now, when one looks at the future and what it holds, it invariably touches areas, aspects and things that one doesn't have and hence wants to have...a happy family, home, a car, a vacation, a successful career and so on.

But what about looking back at the past, the path one traversed and how things have changed surely for the better in all aspects of life. It's all in the way one sees it. There surely will be some bitter memories, some want-to-forget incidents but all in all, one needs to happy with whatever transpired (contented at least) to move on and ahead with life.

One needs to feel proud and happy with what life has given him/her. I often recollect visuals of someone offering a small prayerto God thanking him for what he has given them; for there are people who don't get even one meal a day. How different is this thought / gesture from all our other needs and wants; something that we yearn for in the future?

It is but human to look at people better off than us (in whatever be the aspects) and strive to move up a notch. It is not wrong that one needs to move ahead in life and will have more needs and wants but we felt during our reflective session that since no one ever knows how much is enough, maybe it makes sense to be content and happy with what has happened.

Contentment is the gist of life; someone so beautifully said.