It is really distressing that life has
so many up and downs. I would dream of a life that goes up always.
But real life is different.
The great patriotic business man of
India, Mr. Ratan Tata has once remarked that a straight line denotes death even
in an ECG report.
How true he is. Life must go up and
down.
The ebb and flow of the sea waves have a
story to tell.
1.
The ebb and flow in a sea does not affect the
quantity and the quality of the sea water.
2.
Both are caused by the effect on the sea by an
outer agency, the moon.
3.
The success of the sea is not affected by
neither the ebb nor by the tide.
4.
None evaluates the success of the sea according
to the ebb and flow.
5.
An ebb assures that there will be a flow and
vice versa.
Some of my motivational seminars are
packed with a crowd. The next meeting may not attract a crowd. I have met thin
crowd in spite of elaborate advertisements and other efforts. It puzzled me a
lot of time. I have run out of course materials; I have carried back the huge
bulk of course materials after some meetings.
I have seen success immediately followed
by a dim light. I do not hide my wonder at this phenomenon. But I understand
that life is always like this.
Some used to advise me that ‘life should
be like this’ – ebb and flow must be there. Otherwise life will look
monotonous.
Let me tell you frankly that I do not
agree with this theory. Change is the spice of life. That I agree. Change makes
life moving. It keeps life fresh.
But change does not mean that it must be
a continuous up and down. It can be an ‘up’ to another ‘up’.
Still there are many things in this life
that is beyond my control and wish. Life never goes on a straight line, even if
it goes always up. Nothing happens in this world in a monotonous straight line.
No country can claim of a permanent
weather. Even countries that claim moderate climate face unexpected horrid
situations.
My state, Kerala (India) is well known
for its moderate climate. But for the last few years, we are threatened by a
forecast that the state may turn into a desert in future. How can it be? It is
impossible. But science says that it may be the future. Kerala was a land of
rivers, streams, ponds, greeneries, birds and animals. It is getting hot every
year now. Will it happen?
No country claims a permanent status of
economy. No family can claim a comfortable economic status though out its
existence in this land, generation after generations.
Many animals, birds and fishes have
become extinct.
There seems an unseen law in this earth
that works constantly to change everything. Permanency may be a danger to the
existence of this Universe.
Change is not always a downward journey
and not always an upward progress. It is a wave like movement. It is life. It
is the sign of life.
So I feel that my amazement at the ebb
and flow of life is unnecessary. It may be meaningful, but not rewarding. It is better to travel up and down with life.
The other day I was standing on the
Alleppuzha beach. (Allappuzha - a beach in Kerala, India). There were no great
athletes skating on the waves. There I saw boys of the nearby area playing in
the sea water. They were not afraid of high waves. Rather they were thrilled at
the occasion. I saw them lifted above and brought down by the waves.
I caught the magic.
Why stand amazed at the ebb and flow.
Allow it to lift me up and bring me down. It is fun. Why resist something that
I cannot stop? Enjoy the feast.
Be careful not to be carried away by the
waves.
Professor
Jacob Abraham
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