She – Ah! That’s weird.!
Me – Weird as in good weird?
She – Bad weird! Every person wants to, you know run away from the routine. From the ecosystem they live in. Away from people they know, places they have been, sounds they have heard
Me – You might want to change that last statement!
She – Okay! Away from noise! To places filled with soft sounds..!
“Scarcely filled..!”, I offered a correction.
“Yes.. Scarcely filled! But the point is not that. The point is, you are telling me that you spend your vacation visiting market places! That’s bad weird”, she shrugged her shoulders.
Me – You don’t see my point! Life is not our loyal Butler. He doesn’t serve you with the best of the butter cakes!
She – Butter cakes? Eww..!
Me- Okay..! What cake do you like? Lemon pound cakes?
She – Plum cakes..!
Me – It has no butter?
She – No..! It has wine and plum..! I think we are moving away from the central discussion!
Me- Yeah.. We are. So yeah.. You see, life isn’t your loyal Butler. He doesn’t serve you with the best of the plum cakes. So you ought to train yourselves for the worst. So that when he serves you with the worst ones, you don’t have complains. And when he serves you with the delicious ones, you feel exhilarated
That was a beautiful explanation, I felt. I had offered a different perspective, a fascinating philosophy, a packet of wisdom, a capsule of happiness! Or at least I thought so.!
After five strides by the second hand of my tiny little watch, she spoke!
“You know what! That doesn’t make sense!”, She laughed.
I looked at her for a while.
“You know what! I think, even I have begun to feel the same, I said.
She was right! I had not served her with a fascinating philosophy, a packet of wisdom or a capsule of happiness! That was just a bucket load of nonsense!
-Chan
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