The Eternal Thing

  The bicycles are disadvantageous on the road when compared to the motored vehicles. They move slow. They can't recover quickly if stopped. The intention is just transport - move from one place to another place. Not to speed. Never to chase anyone or anything. It takes a toll on the driver, who burns one's own body to take the bicycle forward. The knees, the sweat, the discomfort on sunny days - it's unexplainable. We are not sure why the driver ended up with cycle. Maybe there was no other choice. If the driver is hurting by riding the bicycle through ups and downs, sun and rain, well and ill, the first thing to note is that the society has failed to save the driver. The human society is supposed to be equal for all, it should provide justice to all. But aren't we damned that we are seeing the poor driver struggling on the road! The best thing one can hope for is for the driver to upgrade the vehicle. Maybe the driver will choose a scooty, or a moped, or a bike - base...

  Being a kid, we did not know many things. Nor cared about anything. Life was happening and we just took whatever it was. With adulthood looming, we start to learn. A lot. Even worse is today's age where so much data is being dumped into our faces. Many of us are willing to go back to the phase where we didn't care about stuff. It seems peaceful and calming not to take care of things. True though; But... It will not always work out. Being ignorant may not always be helpful. Sometimes, we have to know about things. We have to understand them. Sit with the disturbance it may bring. When starting learning something very deep, it may challenge our initial assumptions. We wonder what we knew till now is very different. This not at all feels good. You love a person, and you understand that person is not reciprocating your feelings. Being aware of this fact makes you uneasy. Unbelievable. You wonder what's happening. But it's just that. The only way is to accept and move forw...