I'm thrilled about today's guest post by Ravindra Shenolikar, my father. I get my love for reading and writing from him. So it's a privilege that he decided to write a post on my blog. His interests include reading, writing, photography, music, traveling and so on. You name it and there it is! And he is fantastic in all of those. Here's a post about 'Spontaneity'.
At birth spontaneity is at its
peak. Then the graph starts to decline gradually. As we start observing,
learning, imitating and emulating, the graph goes down. Spontaneity, which is
the beauty of our being, suffers and chokes as we move through life. We try to
be like someone else, get socially conditioned, get influenced by the culture
and society that we live in and we do not know when artificiality has set in.
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Many a time we meet someone whose
innocent laughter touches us. We meet someone spontaneous and instantly like
that person. It is an acknowledgement of what we have lost and would have loved
to retain. You see teenagers talking so fast, jumping from one topic to other
whereas the oldies take ages to move from one topic to the next. This is the
difference in spontaneity. We love the energy and chirping of the youngsters
while trying to avoid the seniors who keep grinding.
I remember how we used to go to
matinee shows, music concerts, cycle trips and cricket matches. These used to
be instant decisions which gave us so much joy and pleasure. Hardly any
planning went into it. We used to live in the moment and for the moment. Our spontaneity
was our driver.
Can we shed all our accumulated
conditioning of the past and bring back the spontaneity of youth in our lives. I
think we can. It will return the moment we realise its true value and beauty. Perhaps
then, the sunrise will be more beautiful, mornings full of energy and hope, the
days shall acquire a new meaning and life will be full of bliss.
