I read this Calvin & Hobbes comic a couple of days ago and it reminded me of a very popular scene from a very popular movie.
Philosophy
Memories Of A Friend…
Last evening I got the tragic news that my friend Mehmood had passed away a little while earlier. I had known Mehmood for about three years thanks to Misfit, my theater group. During the time I knew him, Mehmood was the man trying to make everyone smile, with his jokes and charismatic way of talking.
As I traveled to pay my respects, all I could think of were different instances of speaking to him and being with him. I recollected the last time I saw him and that instance was the fondest memory I had of him. That was the last conversation I had with him and it is something I have to share with everyone…
The incident happened about a month and half ago, we were leaving my friend Vishal’s birthday party. I was dropping him home and I have the habit of speaking a lot with the person sitting behind me on the bike. That day I asked him a question I had asked a few of my friends “What was the most special moment of your life?” Mehmood thought for a moment and I explained to him that I wanted him to think of all the special moments of his life and pull out one moment he thought that was the most unique, beautiful and for him the most treasured…
He narrated to me this incident from his life:
Life and Death…
A friend once told me that nothing in the world can be more life changing than birth or death of someone close. I believe that its the reminder of our own mortality that makes us think about life and how we are using or squandering the precious few moments we have left.
During my 25 years I have had a few moments of my life that were connected with the fragility of life and death. Each one of those moments taught and inspired me to rethink and reevaluate my life.
Conversations With Her – Letting Go…
Me: I finally managed to watch “Love Aaj Kal”
Her: Oh so finallly we can speak about it without me spoiling the movie for you.
Me: He he, I was laughing so hard when that ‘long distance relationships don’t work’ part came around.
Lemon Tree…
I believe that life gives everybody a lemon. Some make lemonade from it, some make lemon tea, some sell the lemon and buy something shiny, some simply stare at the lemon and some wonder how wonderful it would be if they had got an orange instead… Where ever they end up they always start with … Read more