Hello readers,
How many times do we ask ourselves, "i wish things were easier" ? So, heres a way out. I plan to blog on a topic a week or a month ! Heres an intro to what its gonna be like ! Hope you enjoy !!!
*God made man simple, but how he changed and got complicated is hard to say.
- Johann von Goethe*
Hello readers !
The other day as I was on my way back home with my sister
and my mother . As usual the radio was on, and we were changing channels until
we stopped at one. This one was playing old hindi movie songs. We were about an
hour away from home, and that channel played for that whole one hour. Now this
got me thinking. No matter how much I like the new english songs, the blues and pop, I end up listening to old
hindi movie songs. Why is it that these are the source of ultimate relaxation?
Why can I listen to these songs for hours on end? I think a lot of us would agree and know exactly what
I’m talking about.
Now, I go off on a tangent and try and relate this thought
to the concept of – simplicity. Why do I prefer old hindi songs to modern music
?
Compare music of lets
say the 21st century and older music, hindi or english. Music today
is complicated, loud and full of multiple sounds and most of the lyrics seldom
have a deeper meaning (like poems). Older music is softer, simpler. Old hindi
songs were a beautiful combination of Raags and poetry, hindi and urdu.
Okay, so do I prfer old hindi songs because this kind of
music is simpler? I think I have an answer.
It’s a yes. Yes I prefer old hindi movie songs because they
are simpler, simpler to comprehend, simpler to sing.
I personally feel that not only me, but a majority of people
are inspired by simplicity. It could be simple music or art or dance or work!
We all throw in so much into our lives that its hard to keep
track and it keeps the mind boggled, which isn’t very comforting. Our thought
processes, our methods are so complicated that its difficult to do simpler
jobs. In other words its harder
to slow down. Its like an endless marathon of mental and
physical activities.
(the following is a conversation with myself)
Me1: Why is it so necessary?
Me2: Well because if you don’t maintain your pace, you’re
gonna be left behind.
Me1: Ok. But so what if we are left behind? What’s gonna
happen?
Me2: You wont be successful.
Me1: Well, then what do you think about self satisfaction?
Me2: I will be satisfied if I am successful.
Me1: So basically the rest of the world running the endless
marathon decides whether or not you’re satisfied? If you are successful in
maintaining your pace with the others, you will be satisfied? What about your
own values, your own goals, your own achievements? What about YOU as YOU?
Me2: Hmmm…..
BAM !
NOW we start thinking. Its funny how we don’t have self-satisfaction
on our ‘successful or not’ checklist.
Its simple, you’re successful if you’re satisfied! And not
the other way around!
Lets take an example, the very common one. You give a speech
for a competition, you think you were good. You don’t bag an award. There goes
all the self confidence and we constantly look for places where we probably
went wrong.
But do we ask ourselves – ‘ hey, I think I was pretty good
out there. I didn’t get an award, but am I satisfied?’ Of course you are! The
award should not decide whether or not you were satisfied with yourself!
Self satisfaction is all that counts, it’s the simple way,
it’s the way things should be.
See? This is a very small example of how we can disentangle
out thought processes.
Its SIMPLE!
We look so hard to get
inspired, when its right there in front of us!
Get inspired by simplicity !
