Tuesday was a holiday but I decided to come to office. I need to walk from home for about five minutes and then take bus to reach office. It was a very hot. Of course, it was almost noon. I heard a chime like bike horn sound from the behind, for a moment I thought I was about to get lift to the bus stop. He revved up the engine and drove off in few seconds. That was okay. Perhaps he doesn’t know that everyone in the world needs some help from someone at any moment. You can always help if you know how to see it.
It was an empty bus and I took the seat at front so that I could watch the road and enjoy the travel. There was a car at the traffic signal and bus driver wanted him to go as there was no one crossing the road. He signaled his intentions by continuous honking. The car was not moved. It was fair enough. He was obeying the traffic rules. When the signal turned green, he paused for few seconds - just a few seconds - to hint the bus driver that he was annoyed. Was it a right thing to do? Perhaps he doesn’t know that just following the rules is never going to be enough to lead a righteous living, a true human life.
Oops, the vroom of the fast moving cars and other vehicles … I am always scared of crossing roads. Just one wrong step, the step that you cannot take back, can take your life away in a second. Life and death are never guaranteed to be a two faraway things. Perhaps we never know the moment that makes us utter fools and force us to take that single step.
This tree is full of flowers and leaves. The caw caw sound from the crows took my attention, after a long time, I didn’t even remember when I heard them last. They got a wonderful nest there. They don’t learn from other birds. It is just the same style that I used to see in my childhood days. What if we humans too have not evolved? I guess it would be no tougher than this life. Perhaps I could never live the life of even my grandparents’ generations.
If you are wondering what I am talking about… it is just those sounds. The horn sounds, people chattering, birds twittering and many more of them everyday. Of course, not to mention about the myriads of them that we can hear only if we pay attention to them. At times, even the louder ones can be heard only if we listen. Thinking of all these reminded me of the movie Shabdo, a story of a foley artist.
How wonderful it is have a sip of cold water after walking in the scorching mid day sun! With far less people around, it was very quiet in the office. Even in the quietness, in the quietness of all the external things, varied thoughts - about people, life, politics, sports, laws, … came with their singing and dancing in the mind. They were very loud and clear as usual. Sometimes I watch them and I ignore them mostly. Perhaps, even the deaf people are not devoid of sounds. After all, just like you and me, their mind too makes all the noises in the morning to wake them up.
It was an empty bus and I took the seat at front so that I could watch the road and enjoy the travel. There was a car at the traffic signal and bus driver wanted him to go as there was no one crossing the road. He signaled his intentions by continuous honking. The car was not moved. It was fair enough. He was obeying the traffic rules. When the signal turned green, he paused for few seconds - just a few seconds - to hint the bus driver that he was annoyed. Was it a right thing to do? Perhaps he doesn’t know that just following the rules is never going to be enough to lead a righteous living, a true human life.
Oops, the vroom of the fast moving cars and other vehicles … I am always scared of crossing roads. Just one wrong step, the step that you cannot take back, can take your life away in a second. Life and death are never guaranteed to be a two faraway things. Perhaps we never know the moment that makes us utter fools and force us to take that single step.
This tree is full of flowers and leaves. The caw caw sound from the crows took my attention, after a long time, I didn’t even remember when I heard them last. They got a wonderful nest there. They don’t learn from other birds. It is just the same style that I used to see in my childhood days. What if we humans too have not evolved? I guess it would be no tougher than this life. Perhaps I could never live the life of even my grandparents’ generations.
If you are wondering what I am talking about… it is just those sounds. The horn sounds, people chattering, birds twittering and many more of them everyday. Of course, not to mention about the myriads of them that we can hear only if we pay attention to them. At times, even the louder ones can be heard only if we listen. Thinking of all these reminded me of the movie Shabdo, a story of a foley artist.
How wonderful it is have a sip of cold water after walking in the scorching mid day sun! With far less people around, it was very quiet in the office. Even in the quietness, in the quietness of all the external things, varied thoughts - about people, life, politics, sports, laws, … came with their singing and dancing in the mind. They were very loud and clear as usual. Sometimes I watch them and I ignore them mostly. Perhaps, even the deaf people are not devoid of sounds. After all, just like you and me, their mind too makes all the noises in the morning to wake them up.
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