Ludwig Wittgenstein once
quoted, "Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement.''
Humans know, don't know
or deny the very fact and power of Acknowledgement.
It is an impetus for perpetual altruism.
 |
| Add this to your life to change your life! |
How often do we do that?
Or let me ask how often do we acknowledge someone who doesn't concern us?
Answer yourself! You will know what I mean. I know we all are totally absorbed
in our mundane activities and simply love to crash in the bed by the day's end;
but as we go through our day, we actually end up owing more and more to the
people around us, to the society, to the elements which we come across our lives
in that particular day; basically to the Universe!
Let's take a few
examples-
1. Imagine, just missing
that '7.45' local train in the morning would change your 'I'm having the best
day' to 'I'm up to kill a thousand' in a fraction of second. You know, now, if
someone whom you hate, god forbid it to be your ex, pops up out of nowhere and
starts vexing you on the platform itself; what would you do? I know what I'll
do and I take the liberty to say it for all of us as well. I'll charge on that
someone yelling "SPARTA! AHOO... AHOO… AHOO!
2. Despite how much ever
we deny, we know we ache for that like; especially from that one special being.
The state wherein you know that the uploaded pic on social media is for your
just-turned-into-ex-because-of my-own-mistake girlfriend, maybe taken by her
and with her, for which she had always asked you to upload, but you never did;
and now, in desperation, wanting to woo her by uploading the same. It aches to
see the marvels of that pic not acknowledged and appreciated by others and
especially her. Why the HELL did I not get any Likes? This was my best picture
ever!
3. That one day of the
week, where you keep your ass up in the air and face dug deep into the pillow
for most of the day - Sunday. You only cease to do so when the fan
automatically turns off. What the F...? It's Sunday and no one is allowed in
the room, not even parents; then who dared to cross the borders. It's our bai, maid, who got veto powers
to overturn every rules as per her convenience and who, meticulously, only
forgets to turn on the fan again after she is done.
4. The late night
homecoming with a company of other sex. I'm sure, we all do it quite often. Be
it 2 or 3 or 4 o'clock in the night, when we get home in an inebriated state,
we must have embraced the smoothness of the dark, the beauty of the night and a
man standing quite far with a bamboo stick in the dim light. Seldom, barging
into our privacy.
5. The little drinking
plans, in the corner of your society's lawns, right under the moons and stars
with your pals lying on the silky, smooth and soft grass; taking shots.
Remember the sighs we've had saying, 'Ah! God bless this cushioning
grass.' Going all this long only to get busted!
From case 1 to case 5 we
could only be happy and thankful, instead of being sad about the undesired
outcomes. Our exes only teach us patience and tolerance through a hard way. If
we miss the train, we must not lose it all, it's all right; the world won't
come to an end. That is a beautiful picture, and you know it. Trust me! Show it
off for yourself and not for others. Why bother? Be proud of the fact that even
your pictures can be this stunning. Rather than cursing the bai, who is not always
innocent, hone the skills of sleeping without fan; for she is the one who keeps
your room the way it should be. That watchman, whether we know him or not,
knows us and keeps our secrets safe with him; without turning it into a
scandalous gossip of the society. Do we even know the gardener of our society? He is the reason we have cushioning grass under the sky. It is no shame getting caught drinking, it is
only fun to repeat it; repeat it with the same gang!
I believe, "Being
acknowledged is magical." You know how it feels once you get acknowledged,
so why miss it? These fast paced lives of ours, already, has its watertight
compartment of hatred, competition, anger, jealousy, revenge; to which there is
no immediate soothing. Let’s spread the good vibes, let’s mingle, let’s hold
hand, and let’s walk with ‘ear-to-ear’ smiles; as life is too short to notice
everything. Saying a ‘Thank-you’ or a ‘Sorry’ won’t cost us anything, but would
definitely cheer up the other person; as being humans we all share one similar
trait-Expectation.
I'm, here, not telling
you as to how one should behave but asking you to observe the flip side and
accept it, acknowledge it and show gratitude towards it; for everything these
three actions can make someone's day. Do it not to make them happy but
yourself, as George Orwell rightly states, "Happiness can exist only in
acceptance."
