9 days since Diwali, 9 to go b4 CAT
The festive season is finally over. Had enough of Diwali sweets, n get-togethers n other stuff. But I somehow seem to have lost that festive craze, which I used to have a few years ago. Now Diwali seems more like a routine chore, which like other things, will soon be over n gone. I actually don’t enjoy Diwali anymore.
Gone are the days when I used to go mad burning crackers and fighting with my cousins over petty issues. Gone are the days when I used to wait for the Diwali vacations and that wait seemed to be like eternity.Gone are the days when Diwali meant a lot of sweets and gifts and goodies to me.
Now its just another festival, just another day, just another…..Diwali.
I am sure many more share the same feelings. What once used to be a bundle of joys and happiness, suddenly becomes `just another thing’. Why do we start seeking material pleasures and accomplishments rather than those moments of true, unblemished and thoroughly deserved happiness ? Why does `Diwali’ suddenly become `just another festival’ ?
Is it because that there are other means of seeking enjoyment and worldly pleasures (Read Multiplexes, Theme Parks, Clubs etc), which have substituted the traditional ways of seeking happiness and togetherness ? Or is it just that one matures over time and such festivities seem like unnecessary clatter ?
Whatever the reason may be, I have realized that festive occasions like Diwali don’t lure me any more. I have one or the other thing on my mind always, which forbids me from enjoying the true spirit of such occasions. For now, it’s the CAT, which is due after another 9 days. It is like a `do or die’ situation for me. Though there are other exams to come up and even if I crack them, I know its not going to be the same if I don’t do well at CAT.
Expectations……my own, my parents’, my friends’, my ex-colleagues’, a lot of expectations. And I gotta fulfill them all. I am confident enough of my abilities and I am extremely positive that I will do well. But still one question haunts me….. Why does it happen to us that we stop enjoying the good things in life ?
Any answers……….
Gone are the days when I used to go mad burning crackers and fighting with my cousins over petty issues. Gone are the days when I used to wait for the Diwali vacations and that wait seemed to be like eternity.Gone are the days when Diwali meant a lot of sweets and gifts and goodies to me.
Now its just another festival, just another day, just another…..Diwali.
I am sure many more share the same feelings. What once used to be a bundle of joys and happiness, suddenly becomes `just another thing’. Why do we start seeking material pleasures and accomplishments rather than those moments of true, unblemished and thoroughly deserved happiness ? Why does `Diwali’ suddenly become `just another festival’ ?
Is it because that there are other means of seeking enjoyment and worldly pleasures (Read Multiplexes, Theme Parks, Clubs etc), which have substituted the traditional ways of seeking happiness and togetherness ? Or is it just that one matures over time and such festivities seem like unnecessary clatter ?
Whatever the reason may be, I have realized that festive occasions like Diwali don’t lure me any more. I have one or the other thing on my mind always, which forbids me from enjoying the true spirit of such occasions. For now, it’s the CAT, which is due after another 9 days. It is like a `do or die’ situation for me. Though there are other exams to come up and even if I crack them, I know its not going to be the same if I don’t do well at CAT.
Expectations……my own, my parents’, my friends’, my ex-colleagues’, a lot of expectations. And I gotta fulfill them all. I am confident enough of my abilities and I am extremely positive that I will do well. But still one question haunts me….. Why does it happen to us that we stop enjoying the good things in life ?
Any answers……….
Dumped by styleguy @ 11:21 PM
1 Comments:
hey styleguy, really true. i share every feeling you expressed in your latest write-up. Kaash...
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