Monday, February 7, 2011

Symbiosis.

The game of snooker has 15 balls and still needs a cue ball to direct them on to the pockets. 


Life as such can be described in analogy with the game of snooker. There are times when one stands in the middle of the infinite corridor called life without any sense of direction, probably running in circles in search of something that he already has or something that he'll never attain. Thats the point where one feels low and slow, where one needs the warmth of another person. 




Mathematically humans are a set of mutually dependent variables where the probability of success and failure of each person is in someway tied to the others'. But where does the dependency come from?  Why is it that we have friends when the success rate of one of them is inversely proportional to the success rate of the remaining people. In most cases the competitive peers end up being the best of friends. School kids for example. At the age of 5 or 6 a kid being genuinely happy for his friend having scored a hundred in a math test while he scored less is the magic that binds people together. Sadly this fails to exist beyond a certain age. Love and friendship is lost when jealousy dominates competition. 


At one point man stands all alone, having to decide things all by himself, where none will help or can help with deciding. There comes into play, the force called motivation from another person. A few kind words can make all the difference. Even the strongest of men break down. At that point what one needs is a pair of hands to wipe the tears. Silence, patience and trust are the best gifts one can get from a friend when he confesses about a mistake.
A small hug. 
A friendly smile from a stranger. 
"Yes, you can" from your teacher. 
"You suck" from an enemy, 
"You will rot in hell" from your ex.
All these are words that will make a significant change in the way you see things the moment after you experience them. 






Even god wades through the dark with the assurance that some mortal who is travelling somewhere nearby is muttering his name. 

6 comments:

  1. I am flabbergasted! Wonderfully written! I didn't expect this from you at all! The post had a lot of depth in it! Well done!

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  2. "A small hug.
    A friendly smile from a stranger.
    "Yes, you can" from your teacher.
    "You suck" from an enemy,
    "You will rot in hell" from your ex. " - so true and having been at the receiving end of all these - except for no. 4 - I can tell you how beautiful and pertinent the post was! :)

    I love the profile description of yourself too; there is a little simple magic and lot of human warmth about it.

    Symbiosis, inDEED! :) Keep writing. Best wishes! :)

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  3. ha thatuvam ellammuma! engayo you have go pa!

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  4. hey, beautiful one dude, very true, every word and every sentence!!

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  5. nice one da. i dont want that point 3 to happen in ur life.never thought that u will write something lik this. this one of ur urupadadha friends(if u think so)who will do point 1 in times of adversity

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