Idyllic Thoughts

Five years of marriage. I feel as if I have breezed through it. I am filled with wonder as to when days turned into weeks, months... I see now that it is all about understanding another person, thus understanding yourself. My hubby is my clearest mirror. He makes me see facets of myself which were earlier invisible to me.

The phrase that bridges have to be built between people and not walls has now become a cliche and everybody uses it ad nauseum. But I feel different. I believe building bridges across relationships won't bring people together; because a bridge always keeps two shores apart from each other just like a wall. The only consolation is that there is communication between two shores which is not possible thru a wall.

I was talking about freewill sometime ago. As I began reading Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' again, I found this: “ That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call ‘ free will ’ is your mind ’ s freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character. ” 

We fear the society and live by its rules, sacrificing our true self. How will the world be if there is no society? I believe we are seeing it in several countries. The disintegration of society in its true sense. Not many are aware of who their neighbours are, nor do they care to know; let alone worry about what they will think about us. This disintegration of societal form of life will slowly create a chasm in human relations. But it has its good point: when people stop being self-conscious, they become truly free -- to follow their dreams, to follow their passions, to LIVE their life. 

What is unfair to us, may be fair to somebody else. What may hurt us, may bring a smile on somebody else's face. What is truth to us, may be untruth to somebody else.

Bob Dylan says no one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky. Reading it, I thought, wow what an imagination ! And we are chained to ourselves.