Given the present scenario, one would know that the be-all
and end-all of all human problems are related to money. If you can’t match up
to the neighbors style of living, it’s a cause to avoid eye-contact when you
meet them in the lift. You stop being an idiot when you hold a “smart”phone,
and if it is a premium- your intellect gets upgraded by 100 points. Hurray! If
you don’t have the resources to show off the charging horses on your tee-shirts,
there’s a fair chance that you might be charged off for good. To be a social
recluse isn’t fun, so let’s spend more on things that we can afford on a
borderline.
I am not saying that it is foul to invest in the things that
we usually do. But the worst thing is that we have stopped doing things for
ourselves and more for the Social Media. The people who invented the channels
where you spill your life details have immortalized their names by doing what
they did. While their luxurious lives inspire many to become like them, what we
end up doing is imitate the outwardly details instead of trailing in their path
of hard work, failures and successes.
So, being a part of a unified group of self-contained humans
who come across as loaded train wrecks as a troop might be fun. But those who
are wholesome and well-read might know that there’s definitely a lot more to
life than that. In shutting ourselves off to a world where the quality of our
lives is measured by others, we forget to explore what the world meant for us to
see.
My semi-evolved mind holds these ideas out of longing to be
appreciated as a human and not as a self-imagined goddess of finery. I aspire
to be able to afford the finest things in the world, but hold the finest people
even closer. I want to value people for their kindness, ingenuity and intellect
and share memories of the far-off places that I traveled to find them. I want
to hold my family closer and shoo away those who are “classless” enough to
judge them on “class”.
The hidden valleys of far-off places with immortalized
history and art is losing the waging war against the suites and spas of
well-endowed cities. The age-old whiskeys and expensive wine bottles hold
promise of Utopian nights. Nature holds promise of well-being and beautiful
days. Each part of the coin is essential in life. We just have to make sure
that we don’t beat probability by flicking it to one side every time we toss
it.
