Hope.
It's what makes people tick.
You wake up in the morning, you hope that it'll be an awesome day. You hope that the girl you are so in love with, would acknowledge your presence today. You hope that the smile she just gave you, was an indication. Of something. You hope that you will ace that exam( or as in most cases, atleast pass) . You hope you get that job, you hope you get a raise. You hope, that when you wake up tommorow, all your loved ones would still be with you.
What if one day, this hope died. Just like that. However hard you try, you find it impossible to be positive. Every morning you wake up, you feel as if someone's tied a huge stone to your heart. You tug, you pull, you use all your strength to lift that stone.
But nothing moves.
Everything seems different. Everything seems useless. Things which used to make you happy, don't seem to work now.
How would you feel? What would you do?
What stops a man, who's got nothing to look forward to tomorrow, from deciding that he doesn't want to see tomorrow. After all today sucked as bad as yesterday. Why should tomorrow be any better. Hope has already stopped meaning anything to him. It's only a four letter word. So why not end everything. What stops him? Is it the fear of death which is holding him back? The fear of what lies after you die? But then, isnt it the same as the 'fear of tommorow' to that man? How does he choose between the two. Which one, scares him more?
What if he was told that when you die, you are reborn the next day. As someone completely different. No old memories, no old faces. A clean slate. A new slate. Choosing between a today, which sucks, against a new tomorrow. Would it be worth it, to leave today, and hope that the new tomorrow, would be a different tomorrow?
How would you decide? What would you do?
And No. I'm not emo.
Nor am I going to jump off a building anytime soon.
How khoo is this? eh? :) :|
14 years ago
7 comments:
profound.....!
but dsnt quite match with the image...in my head i mean....
but still nice....
Every morning you wake up, you feel as if someone's tied a huge stone to your heart. You tug, you pull, you use all your strength to lift that stone.
But nothing moves.
Struck the chord as intended.
Very well written, deep thoughts. But no, I personally feel there is a better tomorrow, even if it is not tomorrow.
Dude, the alternative to life is death. Death is black, cold, lifeless and empty. Rats eat at you, bacteria turn you into soil and dogs shit on you. In contrast, very few dogs shit on you when you're alive. Therefore, life wins out. Sorrow is pointless because the human condition is an adjustment to life. Even in the allegorical kick to the nuts by an unfeeling girl lies the humour in life. There's no point in musing on an uncertain tomorrow with no loved ones. Your loved ones will piss you off just the same the next day. The sun will rise as orange and beautiful, and you won't see it because you'll be taking a crap of relatively the same consistency and fibre as today. If your shit's still brown, it's going to be a fine day. Cheer up. No broad, and no speculation is worth the misery.
I should write my own book.
Settle for mediocrity then.
@nikunj: What image?
@vidya- I certainly hope so.
@hell- lol. Seriously, you should. :P
@vineet- eh? How does mediocrity have anything to do with what I've written?
Isn't the hope you talk about the expectations we create. So kill those self-expectations if they hurt so bad and settle for an average life, which isn't that difficult to manage. That's what all of us will do anyways once to get past this phase.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-life_crisis
Hope is a self-created emotion. An anticipation. Realism, an understanding of matters and knowing about yourself can prevent an endless cycle of hope v/s depression. You don't need HOPE to carry on forward or wake up the next morning. What you need is a reason to live. For most people who aren't too fucked in the head - fun is a reason as good as any. You don't necessarily need ambition or drive or emotions to carry you through.
And you seem emo.
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