Every once in a while, there are times when life seems to keep flowing and its all you can do to stay adrift. The journey turns into a blur and there is no longer any distinction of time. Its an extremely comfortable thought to believe that you can fold your hands and lie down in the boat and hope that you'll pass through any rough parts and emerge at the other end untouched and as fresh as you were when the journey started and along a path that you wished to reach but that hardly, if ever comes true and would need the luck of gods themselves. For the rest of us common folk, it is a necessity to take up the oars and work our way through the rough patches to have any hope of avoiding crashing into the sides but you can hardly be expected to row the entire time and not enjoy the serene beauty along the way. It is for this reason, every so often, certain events pop up to remind you to not let yourself get carried away by the strong tides of the river but to force the boat down the path you seek.
These signposts of life can be something as mundane as a competitive test to something as arcane as receiving gifts for inexplicable reasons and recognizing the rough patch that needs your attention can help make sure that you stay along the path of your choice instead of being coaxed by the flow down dark, gloomy passages. They are also what tend to remind you of passage down the river. The slow change in what we perceive means that we tend to ignore how much things change around us. 4 years in a college feel like less time spent than a month at home because we sew all our memories together into one coherent past but this coherent past lacks a sense of chronology. It takes a signpost to tell you that the 4 years that started yesterday are about to end and that you are about to set foot into a very different place and once this signpost hits you, there's only one of two things to do, pick up the oars or lie down.
India though, sadly is a country where signposts seem to be everywhere, every year-end is said to be signpost that determines the fate of the rest of your life. IT ISN'T. Every child in India has heard the saying, "Do this and you are set for life" far too often for it to bear any significance after the first few times. The wolf is said to be everywhere and every person we meet cries wolf to a point where the wolf is deemed to be imaginary. As a result, when Indian children are actually told something important is coming up, they ignore it as just another 'wolf' instead of it being a signpost warning them of a tumultuous time ahead.
PS- Sorry for the dense post, it's just something i had to get off my chest. Thanks for reading
These signposts of life can be something as mundane as a competitive test to something as arcane as receiving gifts for inexplicable reasons and recognizing the rough patch that needs your attention can help make sure that you stay along the path of your choice instead of being coaxed by the flow down dark, gloomy passages. They are also what tend to remind you of passage down the river. The slow change in what we perceive means that we tend to ignore how much things change around us. 4 years in a college feel like less time spent than a month at home because we sew all our memories together into one coherent past but this coherent past lacks a sense of chronology. It takes a signpost to tell you that the 4 years that started yesterday are about to end and that you are about to set foot into a very different place and once this signpost hits you, there's only one of two things to do, pick up the oars or lie down.India though, sadly is a country where signposts seem to be everywhere, every year-end is said to be signpost that determines the fate of the rest of your life. IT ISN'T. Every child in India has heard the saying, "Do this and you are set for life" far too often for it to bear any significance after the first few times. The wolf is said to be everywhere and every person we meet cries wolf to a point where the wolf is deemed to be imaginary. As a result, when Indian children are actually told something important is coming up, they ignore it as just another 'wolf' instead of it being a signpost warning them of a tumultuous time ahead.
PS- Sorry for the dense post, it's just something i had to get off my chest. Thanks for reading
