I was talking to Jayesh about how faith in God should be independent of the joys and misery God puts us through, that Faith should not be conditional. I scorned people who did otherwise. But after the conversation, I got off my judgmental horse and realised that I was talking pure idealism that even I (gasp!) have not matched up to. Most human relationships are conditional. We love because we are loved. We help because we are comfortable. We feed because we are well fed. I am not making sense am I? Oh dear, let me try and explain. Did you ever feed someone - a beggar, your child, mother, whoever - when you were going hungry? Do you love your family/partner/dog without expecting something in return? Did you ever donate your (not your dad's, mom's, ancestral) money to a cause you believed in when money was hard to come by? Perhaps not all of us have been in such situations, so lets just simply ask, have you been unconditional? That one glorious shining moment w...
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little shadow it is, but it s *my* little shadow.. insignificant as it may be in the greater scheme of things. But reality / existence / eternity for me starts and ends here..
-- Chief Big Nose's wise words (best appreciated with a smoke and tequila)
Sure it aint as insignificant to the self.
But, the words are good reminders. That at the end of day, one is of little importance. and so one shouldnt bend over backwards stressing about whether the pizza man spit in your pizza or your boss really hates you.