“We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck
of dust. Much smaller. Divide. Multiply. Add and subtract. Matter changes
hands, atoms flow in and out, molecules pivot, proteins stitch together,
mitochondria send out their oxidative dictates; we begin as a microscopic
electrical swarm. The lungs the brain the heart. Forty weeks later, six
trillion cells get crushed in the vise of our mother’s birth canal and we howl.
Then the world starts in on us.”
Excerpt From: Doerr, Anthony. “All the Light We Cannot See: A
Novel.”
Gratitude
has been a constant theme of living for past year or so. Living with intention and reflection is
the way to live. To be fully present. To be connected with self. We have been
losing it, haven't we?
Musk is
talking about training humans to be par with AI?? And while my first reaction
was WTF?? I quickly recovered to appreciate the vision. I am not a
proponent of this idea but I get it. The planet by and large is
so hyper connected that we all are losing connect with selves and
turning ourselves in gadgets. So really, what is the difference
between a Humanoid and a Human? I know, this is oversimplification and then
again I think it's time we simplified.
It
really should be simple and effortless. This living!
I keep
trying to be have a disciplined routine to life .. to eating, to work, to
writing, reading, to getting up... and to sleeping... all half-heartedly,
though. Am not here - I have never completely been here. a haphazard way of
existence, that does look all put together.
A New
Years begun - the year I complete another decade!
There
are days that loneliness drowns me - there are days I couldn't care less and
there are days I even care about the ant colonies. It’s winter and I’m messed
up, with a mask of smile. But I stepped into this last year of
the decade with a heart full of intents and head full of blueprint of a living
charter.
Have
been given these lovely, cozy, messy, glorious moments - make it count.
Goals of
some fundamental self-transformation:
Yes! the
most difficult one, this! One tends to be self reliant, one tends to grow
up all self done and one forgets that even then there are forces and
people at play behind the scenes, making it all work for you! I walked into the
year with a pocketful of this already! It's a dance routine I guess!
I whole
heartedly believe in power of Santa even when Satan is hovering close and thats
how you top up the shitty moments - Rustle up fun naughty memory moments when
the world begins to start on you!
A very
Happy New Year, Universe! (although am pretty sure the
Universe doesn't care about our calendars!)
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