THE 2 ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF LIVING!

A highly materialistic man and a wise man of certain insight were traveling by train. The compartment was packed with people. Both could somehow enter and seat themselves with the passengers around busily talking and chit-chatting. Soon their thoughts went thus in their minds..

Tha materialistic man mused..

• "My people are always against me and they are never ready to help me quoting their busy schedules. Why can't they find some time to spend with me daily in spite of all these schedules and thus make me a little happy in my life?

• At my this age, I very much feel like helping them on their certain day to day issues and remain supportive. Unfortunately, I'm kept off from many of these issues by my people quoting that I need more rest at my age..

• Discussing financial matters with them is really a pain and it's unfortunate that they never understand what I say out of my maturity and background experience..

• I want to discuss their office life and the associated problems but they just smile saying that everything is okay and never find time to share their experiences of the day with me..

• On health and safety issues, I am totally at a loss to know that they pay least attention in these matters where in fact max is required and if I say something there, the discussions soon hot up into ugly arguments..

• On the individual family front issues, the less said is better. None is interested in listening to me on the timely care required with them in dealing with many of these issues..

• On certain religious practices to be followed, again the less said is better as none of them look at these practices with those values which once upon a time, I very much insisted upon them to follow everywhere..

• Finally to say.. I was a good adviser to many in my life and thus helped them but when it comes to my people, they are in no mood to listen to me, forget about agreeing and implementing the same..

At this stage of my life, sure I feel very much unhappy in spite of the best done in my life to my people..

At this moment, even though I'm sitting here in a crowded compartment with so many people around me I constantly get the thoughts that

I am lonely in my life and totally lost!"

The wise man mused..

• "My people are constantly with me and they are ever ready to help me if required in spite of their busy schedules. I only don't ask them anything. How can they find time to spend with me daily with such busy schedules on their back?

• At my this age, it's better I be totally off from certain day to day issues of my people and relax as I sufficiently trained them in early years on these issues and I'm sure they picked up their strengths..

• Discussing financial matters with them is not required much at this stage as by now I'm sure they understand the core aspects of many financial dealings..

• They are very busy with their office life, they just smile saying that everything is OK as they never have time to share their experiences of the day with me wand that is very much in order..

• On health and safety issues, I believe that all who have come on to earth have certain in built instinct of doing good to themselves and hence there is no need to stress on that except wish in heart for their well-being..

• On the individual family front, the less said is sure better because they learn a lot as they go thru' their struggle connecting many lose ends in the process with the struggle ultimately becoming a sweet one alone and not a burden.. 

• On certain religious practices to be followed, again the less said is sure better as none need to look at them with those values attached unless each investigates and finds out the right practices for them with many blind beliefs taken off from their mind in the process..

• Finally to say.. I might have been a good adviser to many in my life but truly speaking all energetic people whether mine or not don't really need all those my advices to understand the core facts of life which forever is almost like an open fruit with them..

At this stage of my life, sure I feel contended with the best done in my life to myself as well as to my people..

No doubt, I'm sitting in a crowded compartment with so many people around me busy with their own issues and here let me wish for the good of all around me and remain silent by myself unless asked for as..

I am alone in life and sure let me experience the beauty of that existence for a while!"

Keywords: lonely, alone