New generation...r they turning retro...is it an "U" turn ..for the next Gen↩️
After a long time ⏰..i took a short break from work...๐
It was a long cherished sabbatical of a 10 ๐long days.๐ถ..happened to come down to my village.๐ก.๐my origin๐..to literally turn myself.. off line...deplug...๐
Was it easy..no Not at all....i understood that i am an addict....๐ณ
An internet addict...๐ต
As there was absolutely nothing ๐to do without the entrapment of the WiFi..๐
I started looking around.๐๐..turning to the lush greens๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐..and not at the smileys☺๐๐ n the LOLs.๐.but..real smiles n laughter on the faces of real poeple...๐ถ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ด๐ต๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ
The morning sky⛅๐ค..the rising sun...the chirping of the birds๐ฅ๐๐ฆ...the lazy afternoons๐...the over ripened mangoes loaded tree...๐๐๐the endless n dechlorinated water flowing ๐ซ๐๐through the rivers...hmmmmm...such a peace...๐ผ
The freshly brewed coffee.☕๐ต..the steamy aroma of the firewood cooked food..๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ..yummy...๐๐
Was i missing all this soul enriching aromas for decades..๐.the last i sat down in such a peace n happiness would have been during my month long summer vacations ๐๐๐๐spent in this same village ๐ก๐probably decades back..☢️.after that did i ever had the time or the patience to pause....๐
From the rat race ๐of best college๐ซ best, career ๐ฟ,best guy ๐for starting a family...then the vicious♻️ cycle began....a little more hi fi๐น๐บ๐ผ way...the best holidays r the most expensive๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฏholidays...the biggest car...๐๐๐๐๐๐the biggest house( mind u not home)..๐๐.with amneties to flaunt...but a DIOK( double income one kid)๐ช family..or DINKS..( double income no kids) ๐is even a better choice.๐.and all these comes with an EMI...๐ด๐ถ๐ท
Now wait a minute..☝️.why am i complaining.๐ .didnt i sail ๐ฃthrough this all...so smoothly...even the EMI ...๐ฐ๐ธ
No no no๐๐๐...when i am deplugged๐ฑ,offline๐ด๐ฒ,out of range,....๐ต๐ถ
I am at peace.๐ผ..happy☺ ..very happy to see the real nature..the real poeple๐ต.feel the mud..๐ฐ.feel the rain.๐จ๐ง..loose๐ผ๐ธ๐บ๐ผ๐ป in the aroma of jasmine flowers...and in the enthralling sensual taste of the mango juice๐๐ soothing my throat with each bite...๐
Its ...
so detoxifying ..so soulful...so ecstatic...๐๐๐
Come again....
After all ,what r the basics...what r we humans thriving for...
Sunlight☀️
Rain๐จ
Unpolluted air๐ฌ
Clean dechlorinated n mineralised water๐ง
A shelter ..๐ค
to protect us from the storms.๐ช.the sun burns.๐๐ซ.from the harmful other creatures who is sharing the ecosystem with us ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐บ..in equal dignity.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐
And some natural clothings
And but of course ...something to stimulate our right brain too...๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ
Entertainment...๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐น๐ท๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ผ๐ค๐ต๐ป๐ธ๐บ๐
A bit of feel good hormones too !!!๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Surprisingly...i found all of the above said...in these 10 days...
Getting social๐..meeting the real simple poeple...๐ฎ๐ท๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐ง๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ n also
Taking a long morning walk into the unexplored raw nature....๐was do soothing..refreshing...
PAUSE....a Big PAUSE...this time...๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐๐ซ๐ด...
R we all not slogging with our WiFi ๐๐๐๐plugged..in 24/7⏳⌛...to give all these materialistic creations๐ to the future gen...as well as for us ๐ด๐ต to acheive ultimately the peace n happiness for that one fine day in the morning ๐when i have retired....๐ด๐ตand ready to wind off...๐๐
But wait...on second thoughts...didnt we leave all these decades ago .(that is the peace n the happiness..).to join the rat race....๐
CONFUSED..๐ง.me too very confused...๐ฐ
So
Guys..let the future gen..who is enjoying their summer vacations at present.๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐.decide for themselves..what they want to do with their precious life...
Raise them to become real thinking evolved humans..๐ค.and not robots.๐ค..who has to join the rat race for๐...until one day...when they retire ๐or eho knows they might wither off young...๐..
THINK ABOUT IT..๐ฎ..living life to the moment or amassing for the unknown future...what we want to live for?????
Me too thinking...not for the future gen this time....but for myself....⚛️๐
It was a long cherished sabbatical of a 10 ๐long days.๐ถ..happened to come down to my village.๐ก.๐my origin๐..to literally turn myself.. off line...deplug...๐
Was it easy..no Not at all....i understood that i am an addict....๐ณ
An internet addict...๐ต
As there was absolutely nothing ๐to do without the entrapment of the WiFi..๐
I started looking around.๐๐..turning to the lush greens๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐..and not at the smileys☺๐๐ n the LOLs.๐.but..real smiles n laughter on the faces of real poeple...๐ถ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ด๐ต๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ
The morning sky⛅๐ค..the rising sun...the chirping of the birds๐ฅ๐๐ฆ...the lazy afternoons๐...the over ripened mangoes loaded tree...๐๐๐the endless n dechlorinated water flowing ๐ซ๐๐through the rivers...hmmmmm...such a peace...๐ผ
The freshly brewed coffee.☕๐ต..the steamy aroma of the firewood cooked food..๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ..yummy...๐๐
Was i missing all this soul enriching aromas for decades..๐.the last i sat down in such a peace n happiness would have been during my month long summer vacations ๐๐๐๐spent in this same village ๐ก๐probably decades back..☢️.after that did i ever had the time or the patience to pause....๐
From the rat race ๐of best college๐ซ best, career ๐ฟ,best guy ๐for starting a family...then the vicious♻️ cycle began....a little more hi fi๐น๐บ๐ผ way...the best holidays r the most expensive๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฏholidays...the biggest car...๐๐๐๐๐๐the biggest house( mind u not home)..๐๐.with amneties to flaunt...but a DIOK( double income one kid)๐ช family..or DINKS..( double income no kids) ๐is even a better choice.๐.and all these comes with an EMI...๐ด๐ถ๐ท
Now wait a minute..☝️.why am i complaining.๐ .didnt i sail ๐ฃthrough this all...so smoothly...even the EMI ...๐ฐ๐ธ
No no no๐๐๐...when i am deplugged๐ฑ,offline๐ด๐ฒ,out of range,....๐ต๐ถ
I am at peace.๐ผ..happy☺ ..very happy to see the real nature..the real poeple๐ต.feel the mud..๐ฐ.feel the rain.๐จ๐ง..loose๐ผ๐ธ๐บ๐ผ๐ป in the aroma of jasmine flowers...and in the enthralling sensual taste of the mango juice๐๐ soothing my throat with each bite...๐
Its ...
so detoxifying ..so soulful...so ecstatic...๐๐๐
Come again....
After all ,what r the basics...what r we humans thriving for...
Sunlight☀️
Rain๐จ
Unpolluted air๐ฌ
Clean dechlorinated n mineralised water๐ง
A shelter ..๐ค
to protect us from the storms.๐ช.the sun burns.๐๐ซ.from the harmful other creatures who is sharing the ecosystem with us ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐บ..in equal dignity.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐
And some natural clothings
And but of course ...something to stimulate our right brain too...๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ
Entertainment...๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐น๐ท๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ผ๐ค๐ต๐ป๐ธ๐บ๐
A bit of feel good hormones too !!!๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Surprisingly...i found all of the above said...in these 10 days...
Getting social๐..meeting the real simple poeple...๐ฎ๐ท๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐ง๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ n also
Taking a long morning walk into the unexplored raw nature....๐was do soothing..refreshing...
PAUSE....a Big PAUSE...this time...๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐๐ซ๐ด...
R we all not slogging with our WiFi ๐๐๐๐plugged..in 24/7⏳⌛...to give all these materialistic creations๐ to the future gen...as well as for us ๐ด๐ต to acheive ultimately the peace n happiness for that one fine day in the morning ๐when i have retired....๐ด๐ตand ready to wind off...๐๐
But wait...on second thoughts...didnt we leave all these decades ago .(that is the peace n the happiness..).to join the rat race....๐
CONFUSED..๐ง.me too very confused...๐ฐ
So
Guys..let the future gen..who is enjoying their summer vacations at present.๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐.decide for themselves..what they want to do with their precious life...
Raise them to become real thinking evolved humans..๐ค.and not robots.๐ค..who has to join the rat race for๐...until one day...when they retire ๐or eho knows they might wither off young...๐..
THINK ABOUT IT..๐ฎ..living life to the moment or amassing for the unknown future...what we want to live for?????
Me too thinking...not for the future gen this time....but for myself....⚛️๐


A most rejuvenating and eye opener article.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mayank..its encouraging
DeleteAwesome maam its true... ๐๐๐
ReplyDeleteThanks Sameer!
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