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We have to be true to ourselves in our actions to avoid future regrets. Our life is not a binary but a colorful rainbow. These colors are like our experiences.
As we age or when our mind is idle, our thoughts will continuously remind us about these colors. If we have lived the moments true to ourselves, it won’t affect us.
We have one life and one moment to make it count. Living in regrets about what we could have done better in the past will kill us rapidly.
Society loathes misfits. After all, they are not part of their defined template. Misfits are nuts; they go against all the odds, dream big, and execute at the undefined rulebook.
Most importantly, misfits have purposes hard-wired and don’t need external validation.
Not everyone can be a misfit, it requires walking on the fire and facing everyday rejections.
I feel some places have healing power. It could be a shrine, library, or park. We have to find out what works for us. We can unwind and be with ourselves and our thoughts.
Our hyper-connected world has made us more disconnected from ourselves. And it is a cause for worry.
How do we know who is the one; I asked some of my married friends. A few told me about years they had spent together, while others mentioned offloading it on their parents.
On enquiring further, some agreed that this concept of “one” is flawed. Ideally, we all need a partner who understands each other and lives on the premise of trust and living together in good or bad times.
There is a kid inside us, irrespective of our age. This kid needs pampering and care. This kid side of us is not open to everyone.
Our life is limited so are friends and loved ones. That kid within us gets pampered and reciprocates. Please find that small group to be yourself.
We are more and more entering the era of unpredictability. Be it our life, economy, or environment. Things are getting less stable than before.
Making peace with uncertainty is the only way out. We can be more responsible with our actions.
Someone has said, we humans thrive, mutate and get better in chaos. Also, adaptation kicks in, and we continue to live.
Nietzsche said, what does not kill us, makes us stronger.
I feel this unpredictability as playing a videogame with incentives and punishment at every stage.
Last week I picked “Body on Fire: How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It.” The title says it all. The book is written by practising doctors and gives good advice about our body and how it fights inflammation.
The book is a simple read, and anyone with knowledge of English can read and relate to it. It requires no medical science knowledge.
The book covers every aspect of our living and how it makes us sick. Be it what we eat to not doing enough exercise. The book mentions the benefits of enough sleep, vegetarian food, yoga, and meditation.
Not that most of us are not aware of most of these, the way the author has presented it by adding personal health issues makes it more relatable.
Post-COVID, I am in search of reading more about inflammation, Gut, and GNOME. This is the second read from the list of books I have bought.
Last week was fun reading “Matt Ridley: Genome” book. The book talks about our building block: Gnome. There are too many things to unpack from the book, one being we all in the animal kingdom has the same source.
The other thing author talks about is how newer technology like gene editing will cure many incurable diseases.
The author also speaks highly of Gene Editing and a better future considering the green revolution, GMOs, and how world hunger is getting cured.
However, the three ethical sides of the conversation made me think deeply about technology.
I am hopeful that government will come up with enough restrictions and checks for the technology usage in a good way.
Life is a never-ending learning process. Whatever happens to us: good, bad, or ugly; it teaches us and cements us for a better tomorrow. Once the learning stops, our will to live starts deteriorating.
Remember all the fights you were part of the college football team, siblings, friends, or ex-lover. They must have taught you one or the other things. You would have gotten things or two from it.
We live in a society, and observing people, animals, and nature can teach us many things. How did our ancestors find what plant is eatable or herbs are good for us, or animals that can be domesticated? Is it not observation?
Where did Yoga come from – Most asanas are animals poses. I will also add that people rejected by society too have something or other to teach us: their fearlessness and breakfree attitude.
That’s how our DNA and brain evolved and made us superior to the rest in the animal kingdom.
We are so much in a hurry that we have forgotten the joy of slow. We grew up in the era of pen friends and priced international calls or Internet usage and connections. It required lots of thinking, and we had content to converse over. We are overburdened with mobile notifications with less substance to talk over now.
As we progressed with globalization and capitalism, the infrastructure improved. Everything is at your fingertips, makeup, breakup, or ordering vegetables. Sadly Ambulance still takes more than 10 mins to reach our doorsteps.
Slow is no more virtue. The wait to watch the next episode of TV series for next week or waiting an entire year to buy Levis jeans in November from the end-of-season sale at half price is no more.
Are we a robot, enjoying less of our life with these little joys? Is this fast pace killing us?