Thursday, December 31, 2009
Clean Slate!!!!
No, I am not a believer of making any New Year resolutions or for that matter any resolution at all. But still sometimes one feels to start afresh.
I was playing with the kid in my neighbor’s house, (not yet 2 years old) , I was writing and trying to teach him something, but he used to invariably always erase it from his slate. Even when he wrote the very next moment he would erase it. He loved seeing the clean slate…and then I thought, we all sometimes need that clean slate…to start a new beginning…. leaving behind those prejudices, to start looking at things in a newer way.
Don’t you all feel that one day you just want to run away from the known land to the realms of a journey? A journey to discover a new place, find new people, find newer ideas, find the same freshness that the sun rise gives us when you see it in making the early morning dew glitter.
I am so overwhelmed with the whole idea of starting of from scratch…a clean slate, an empty page of a writing pad, the new pages of an unread book, the not ventured path.
Memories are always good to keep, but one must not get too caught up in the past that you fail to look at yourself once in a while. When you reach the dead end, we all must always be open to change our path. But if you reach the crossroads then make use of your wisdom to choose the best path for yourself… The best path that you venture into may not have been treaded before, but allow yourself to make the new discovery, who knows may be that will take you towards your destination.
Have you ever seen the river? It decides its own course, you will; find it flowing undeterred amidst all the rocks that come its way and amidst all the twists and turns and mountains and hills. Did you ever question – what is it that makes the river flow – just flow with no concern of the terrain? It’s the same quality we must learn, to be fearless, face the challenge of making a new beginning and carving our own path on our way towards our destination.
So, I plan to make the new beginning today and traverse the unknown path and venture into a journey to remember…
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Unfortunately, resolutions have a tendency to be just that.
ReplyDeleteAnd on a second note, starting on a clean slate is fine, but carrying forward the lessons of the past, not only one's own, but other's too if possible, is vital. The past seems to be associated with a kind of dread, when the past can be the actual teacher and guide.
Sorry to say, but the past seems to be miscontrued in your article, which I find amusing.
You seem to make the future enticing while making the past distressingly forbidden. It shouldn't be the case, and I feel such childishness is best left to the kid.
Actually if you notice, the kid is heavily relying on the past, he sees he likes the feeling of seeing a clean slate and keeps doing it in future so he gets the same enjoyment. How many of us can go back into our past, come up with something we did and really enjoyed and repeat it in the future?
Sometimes what appears on the surface need not be what it appears.
Thank you for the insightful thoughts on this.
ReplyDeleteThe post actually avoided any form of reference given to the past, but yes I understand that only dealing with future creates an anamoly in the process of starting a new future without any respect given to the past.
The kids experience of past is an innovative way to look at it. It never actually occured to me.
Thanks for bring that up, will try and present a more complete picture about such things.
keep sharing and putting across your viewpoints.