Monday 6 December, 2010

MY VERY FIRST TIME!

Hi all
OK, first off, I have to admit that I got onto the blog-wagon rather late - like wake-up-and-smell-the-twitter late. This is my very first blog, people! And why I didn't leapfrog into the Twitter stage is - let's face it - I've always been a rather verbose sort of person. 140 characters? Hell, I can't write a Haiku in less than twice those amount of Words! So as to not scare you off so soon in the game, let me add that not ALL future blogs will be subject to verbal diarrhoea. Just to prove my point, I shall end this post right here...
But then on second thoughts, you don't grudge me a few extra words... sentences... or paras, here and there, do you? OK, what was my point here? I'm sure there was a point to this whole thing, dammit. Oh yes - life's not a bitch. No, I did not pick that because I had lost out on every other option. I picked it coz I believe it.

You know how after a rough day at work, or a killer traffic snarl, or when we just have the blues, we all tend to go, "Life's a bitch, man." I beg to disagree. Which is why, my blog is gonna be about the little things that make life worthwhile. There, I've finally come to the point. And it's taken me just 1-2-3-4-5, OK, 905 characters to do that (relax! I said characters, not words! Talk about ADD).
Before you think I'm some sanctimonious saint types who will spout spiritual aphorisms, yes, there will be a little bit of that too (just the latter part, not the former.) But just a little: mostly I want to bring out the beauty of life that's staring us right in the face, which we often don't notice until someone throws a rock at us. (P.S - I'm hoping to be the someone, not the rock - just saying.) From books and music, to technology and nature, everything has something to teach. I just want to share some profound and not-so-profound things I've learnt from the mundane AND the exotic.

Let me end with one of my favourite Zen stories. Once a seeker went to a great spiritual master, who was quietly doing domestic chores. He asked, "Master, what is the quickest way to attain enlightenment?" Straightening a little from the burden of wood on her back, she said "Chop wood, carry water." One day, the seeker heard she had attained enlightenment. He asked her, "Master, now that you are enlightened, what is it that you do?" She said simply, "Chop wood, carry water."
And, thats 443 words - yippee! Later, then...