"Man involves in pleasure seeking and forgets death," said Leo Tolstoy. This is, in fact, very true. People assume that life never ends and behave in whatever manner they wish and when death arrives it's sure that everyone has to shake legs. But to ring the bell and come, death is no relative. How and when it comes is one question for which man can never find any answer no matter how big we advance in terms of science and technology.
Wonder, why this topic is being discussed under life style all of a sudden? Well, at least according to me, lifestyle is not just about the way you eat and dress but the way you take the life. And when you realizes that death treats everyone equally irrespective of region, caste, creed and gender, probably you might make 'never target someone,' your principle. Certainly, your life style would then be changed drastically making you not just a wiser man but even a person beloved by scores.
When we look at people who are sick and aged, we often assume that they would be the first ones to get a ticket to skies. But, is that really true? Once I happened to attend a press meet during my stint as a reporter. I was fortunate enough to hear a short real life tale by a distinguished doctor. The story goes this way - this doctor once came across a sister, who visited her in person along with her brother. She travelled for about 12 hours and met her for a counseling session for her brother who was suffering from HIV infection. Moments before doctor wrapped up the counseling session, the client's sister asked as to how long would her brother live for which doctor said she had a short smile as an answer. The next day, she came to know that the bus in which sister and brother traveled met with an accident. While the HIV infected brother managed to escaped with injuries, the sister who enquired about the life span of her brother left the world. This is just an example, which can make a person introspect as to what life is all about.
Did we come on to this earth to fight, target or bitch about each other? Certainly not. Life is beautiful gift of god...spread love...there's so much solace in it...as Mother Teresa always said...the hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread and when you fulfill someone's hunger unconditionally, the solace can only be felt but not explained.
(AW Phani)
