So long this life is
Everyone (especially me) keeps complaining how short life is. I hated turning 24. Then three things hit me:
1) a song called "So long" by the Fembots. The song is about despair and hope with the reoccuring line that goes "So long .. this life is" I thought this was just another sadistic kinda song. I could not connect myself to the lyrics at all. I loved the music, I loved the flow, I loved the vibes that the song was sending; but i just could not connect to it
2) I met this lady who spent years at stanford getting many degrees in engineering. She worked in India for a bit, then she worked in the dot com boom in the silicon valley. Then she worked as a consultant. Then she gave it all up, and opened a Craft School in San Francisco. She now teaches knitting and sewing. She told me that she misses all the money she was making, but she just wanted to do this. She told me that her grandma is 90 years old, and through her 90 years of life, she had 3 completely different professions. Then she said "Life is very long, i can do so many things, so why not"
3) Charlie Brown. Yep, i was reading "The complete Peanuts collection. 1950-1952" that I had checked out from the public library. In a couple of strips, Charlie Brown complains about life being too long. He is still a kid. He is sad that he has to survive many many more years.
Thinking about Charlie Brown, i tried to relate to the character. He is sad at moments, and at others he is a regular kid trying to play a trick on the girls. Although I don't seem to get as sad as Charlie Brown, I realize that I go through ups and downs, but yet I just complain about it like Charlie Brown. Then I had the urge to read the lyrics of the song "So long". I googled it up. I did not find the lyrics, but I found the video of the song. The video is sad, and yet it ends with hope. An old woman just breaks away from her hospital bed and just runs... and runs.. She was tired of being like that. She had this sudden jolt of inspiration of some sort. After covering points 3 and 1, I come back to 2. That lady had such a positive take on life. She is actually doing something, and not being passive like Charlie Brown or me. Impromptu, I decided to visit her craft shop. She wasn't there. She's not there on Sundays. I realized that I don't need to talk to her. Whatever conversation I had with her earlier was good enough to inspire me. Further talk might just spoil that inspiration. For the first time in my life, I actually feel inspired.
I hope i become more active in my take on life... starting NOW.
1) a song called "So long" by the Fembots. The song is about despair and hope with the reoccuring line that goes "So long .. this life is" I thought this was just another sadistic kinda song. I could not connect myself to the lyrics at all. I loved the music, I loved the flow, I loved the vibes that the song was sending; but i just could not connect to it
2) I met this lady who spent years at stanford getting many degrees in engineering. She worked in India for a bit, then she worked in the dot com boom in the silicon valley. Then she worked as a consultant. Then she gave it all up, and opened a Craft School in San Francisco. She now teaches knitting and sewing. She told me that she misses all the money she was making, but she just wanted to do this. She told me that her grandma is 90 years old, and through her 90 years of life, she had 3 completely different professions. Then she said "Life is very long, i can do so many things, so why not"
3) Charlie Brown. Yep, i was reading "The complete Peanuts collection. 1950-1952" that I had checked out from the public library. In a couple of strips, Charlie Brown complains about life being too long. He is still a kid. He is sad that he has to survive many many more years.
Thinking about Charlie Brown, i tried to relate to the character. He is sad at moments, and at others he is a regular kid trying to play a trick on the girls. Although I don't seem to get as sad as Charlie Brown, I realize that I go through ups and downs, but yet I just complain about it like Charlie Brown. Then I had the urge to read the lyrics of the song "So long". I googled it up. I did not find the lyrics, but I found the video of the song. The video is sad, and yet it ends with hope. An old woman just breaks away from her hospital bed and just runs... and runs.. She was tired of being like that. She had this sudden jolt of inspiration of some sort. After covering points 3 and 1, I come back to 2. That lady had such a positive take on life. She is actually doing something, and not being passive like Charlie Brown or me. Impromptu, I decided to visit her craft shop. She wasn't there. She's not there on Sundays. I realized that I don't need to talk to her. Whatever conversation I had with her earlier was good enough to inspire me. Further talk might just spoil that inspiration. For the first time in my life, I actually feel inspired.
I hope i become more active in my take on life... starting NOW.
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