Another one bites the dust.....

The king of pop is no more.......this was the headline that was beaming across all news channels and newspapers..........special pieces were written....all the stuff that you associate with the passing away of a celebrity was there...but i was doing my own thing that i do when a celebrity passes away.......i sit down take a glance at the life that was and then think about.....what was and what could have been.........and in this case what could have been simply outweighed what was!!

In most celebrity cases this observation holds true.........a meteoric rise.....but sadly it all ends in seclusion, pain and a haunting memory of the glory days. So what is the reason? do fame and fortune make a person blind, do the glittering lights make the view of the future a bit obscure???

Do people forget that every rise has an inevitable fall.......that one day youth and charisma will abandon them......does the spur of the moment take away the ability to look beyond today.......or may be its just that today feels so good that they forget that there ever will be a tomorrow may be a bit different from today........ i am no dark soul advocating that no one has a right to enjoy their good today .....all i say is ..if in the glory of today people don't forget the qualities that got them there they would never have to worry about their tomorrows .....

Humility, hard work and the dogged pursuit of their goals .....and most importantly being yourself and remembering where you came from..............the ones who have not forgotten these live on today happy and satisfied even though they are no more the centres of the universe yet they have created their own happy worlds.......nothing can match the glory, glitz and glamour of the hay days .......but nothing is more painful than a cold secluded rot either!!!

And as i end this piece im thinking .....and all that comes to my mind is "another one bites the dust"

Some random thoughts...

As the years pass on and we grow up ...people say we are maturing and as we mature so should our senses but what i feel is that our sense of feeling and appreciating the beauty and intricacies of nature becomes weaker and this is the great tragedy that most of us don't seem to notice, it deprives us of many moments of absolute and pure joy... 

 Reading all this  you would be thinking what am i talking about, what are you missing out on......have you ever taken a moment to think that the aroma of the soil that spread all over the place with the first summer rain , where has it gone missing now?? In the burning June heat that distant 'Amaltas" tree with its blooming yellow flowers seemed to say to you ....nothing can be achieved without hardships my dear friend.....why that tree has turned silent all of a sudden?? or is it still whispering.. may its just our "maturing" that has led us to believe trees don't speak...not anymore!!

Do you miss the feeling that the dancing flame of a candle brought on a chilly December night?? Have you ever counted the shining stars on a dark winter night .....Do you miss the feeling of joy that just the announcement of summer holidays brought.....have you lately felt that you are not enjoying Eids as you used to do??.......these and many more examples make me believe that as the curtains fall on the age of innocence ...the small moments of happiness and joys get lost in the crowd of thoughts going through your head.....we strive for so much yet we let this amazing ability ....this magical gift slip through our fingers.....

Sit alone for a while and think and trust me you would come up with your own list...and may be you will finally realize what you are missing out on