WONDER OF THE RABBIT HOLE



"There are no uninteresting things;
only uninterested people.”

G.K. Chesterson

L’le Alice would not have discovered the ‘wonderland’ and experienced all her fascinating adventures had she not been bored that day… and, had she not been curious to find how deep the rabbit hole was and what lay inside it!

In Life, Alice, the Rabbit Hole and the Wonderland – yes, all these are the fine metaphors…

If we are human, we shall experience boredom, time and again. And, that’s the time to go near the rabbit hole in our backyard and get curious: how deep the hole is, and what lies inside…

Every habit that we have formed – and every new habit we are going to form - if we think about it, is something that we have done when we were bored in life. Just think about it!

So, now, when we find ourselves locked inside our four walls, for nearly four months – and not knowing how long this situation may continue – we are left with the same choice as l’le Alice was left with, on that 'boring’ day: get curious about the rabbit hole!




Let’s just get in… It will be fun, at times scary… But, we will meet very, very interesting characters along our adventures… So much to learn, so much to unlearn… And, haan, there will be the Cheshire Cat, sitting on the tree, to guide us when we are puzzled…

We can ask her: “What road do we take?”

She will ask us: “Where you want to go?”

We may reply: “We don’t know.”

So, there will be that priceless counsel from the cat: “Then, it really doesn’t matter; does it?”

That’s the beauty of boredom… and that’s the wonder of the rabbit hole!



GERALD D’CUNHA

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Video: Disney DeKa


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