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OCTOBER 2015
PRABUDDHJEEVAN
45
THE SEEKER'S DIARY
PEARLS OF WISDOM...!
I have done it again. What? Crossed the deadline of giving the article on time and I am fraught with guilt and don't like myself. On the other end of the line are the most patient and resilient men- Dhanvant Bhai and
wey never get angry and in fact thank me profusely when my article reaches making me into some kind of elusive diva. I am sorry but please hear me out. This time around have about a bunch of people to blame. I turned 40 last month and my circle of friends have just not let me step out of that euphoric headspace. And even as life and each year crossed is actually a step towards its end and a step away from this' amoolya manav janam', and 40 really in a linear way is mid life, my friends made it all profound but in a funny manner, expansive manner and completely over the top manner which made me rather lazy and heady and just basking and soaking in it rather than doing things like thinking and contemplating and introspecting and working on an article. Continuing my hibernation mode below are 40 'Life's principles' that my best friend Alpana Lath Sawai spontaneously and laboriously wrote and strung together on streamers and arrived on my birthday afternoon and declared that these are the 40 easy commandments/pearls of wisdom / Life's truths she discovered while living and wishes to disclose them to me. They are very 'her' in presentation but so universal in essence. Pragmatic and romantic, quirky and commonplace; witty & completely serious. 40 things she believes in 1. Love can be forever. 2. Jaggery is good, ghee helps digestion.( for all the
health super concsious) A line crossed can be uncrossed. As long as hate and contempt don't cross over with you, just love,
compassion, forgiveness and acceptance. 4. Tell the truth but think of consequences. And There
always will be consequences. 5. Life must have the laughter of children. 6. We're in each other's lives to help each other be
the best we can be. 7. There is no such thing as the perfect airconditioner.
(It is always a tad too hot or a tad too cold. Perfect
temperature only can be discovered within.) 8. Our children will inherit a depleted planet. 9. We deserve extinction. (if we continue to live this
thoughtlessly as we do.) 10. We always get what's coming but the universe
leaves a little room for redemption. 11. Learn to - Say no. 12. We are a sum of our many families. 13. It is possible to calm your self down. You don't
always need Another. 14. Love is not to be found in someone else, but in
ourselves. 15. We must have people in our lives that we can learn
fromand who change us for the better, one bad
habit at a time. 16. Adversity teaches us about ourselves. 17. You have to want to be happy. 18. There is no such thing as a comfortable existence.
If you're comfortable. you're not really existing. 19. Life is all about becoming. Always. Till the moment
you die and become a corpse. 20. If you are not happy, you will never make anyone
else happy. 21. Technology is not a great evil, rigidity is. 22. Time is fickle. It goes fast when you want it to slow
down and drags its heels when you want it to speed
up. Deal with it. 23. Death is not scary, dying is. 24. Youth is overrated. 25. Birthdays must be celebrated. So must
Deathdays. So live the in between such that there
are reasons to celebrate. 26. You must always hug and cuddle too much. 27. Walking is the best exercise. It takes you away
from your self and brings you back. 28. It's human to be human. 29. There's no such thing as too much love.
