Life matters!

We are a generation of people who are paranoid of ageing. On second thoughts every generation like the previous ones worry about age and we have classic examples of men and women going to great lengths to retain their youth.
We have many fears in us but then we rarely have the courage to talk about but then it manifests itself in different ways.
I can talk about women because i am well acquainted with the species.
The subtle ways we express our fears take the form of our constant obsession with weight and fat.It seems like everyone around me is talking in terms of pounds and calories. I was immune but,thanks to a few pointing fingers, i join the league now.
The excessive obsession with skin and hair care can also be partially attributed to the innate fear of aging,sickness and dying.
I remember as a child that i used to take it for granted that my grand parents are meant to be old. I always heard them say that they have lived their life.
Thanks to my 'big mouth' i was always making fun of them,but for some reason when one of them quoted out a proverb for me,it caught my attention.The idea loosely translates like this. 'When the ripe leaf falls, the tender green leaf mocks and laughs at the falling leaf not knowing that one day it is going to face the same fate.'
Well that made an impact on my impressionable mind. I must admit it was not a very exciting prospect.The thought of growing old,sickness and death did not seem very appealing to me. The last one particularly.
The whole idea was disturbing and the urge to cling on to anything earthly was strong.

Learning detachment is a very tough lesson. And the secret to peaceful living is on similar lines.

What happens if you die today?
Well i lived most part of my life lazying around thinking that i have a lifetime in store. But when i tried to quantify that number it was outright ridiculous.
If you take it or mock it,this is the plain truth.
My only question is are you willing to leave everything right away,as it is?
The answer would be 'No' for 95% of us.

What if?

We grew old gracefully, wrinkles and grey hair did not matter adversely.On the contrary if we gracefully moved away for the next generation parting with all the wisdom we obtained in our life time.

We grew more compassion.

We picked our friends wisely filtered over time.

We thanked for all the minute seconds that mattered.

We were comfortable to move on.

We had no liabilities to any one in terms of anything.

We were completely satisfied with what life had to offer.And what we gave back.

And then living becomes precious meaningful and worthwhile.