WORRYING OVER THE MISSING PLANES
“Worry
pretends to be necessary;
but,
it serves no useful purpose.”
Eckhart
Tolle
In life, some things always remain constant. One such thing is our tendency to worry over the ‘missing planes’ in the far-away skies… and groan about kissing couples in the local gardens. We get a strange kick when we stand on the roadside and watch, holding our breaths, those endless cock-fights, the bull-fights and, yes, the Arnab Vs. Lutyens or Kangana Vs. Shiv Sena freestyle wrestlings!
Today, looking
at myself and my fellow-beings, I was compelled to pull out this Blog which I
had posted on 25th March, 2014…
More than
six-and-a-half years since that date, some things have remained – and will
remain – constant…
Hope, you enjoy
reading about this everyday amusement…
BOSS,
GO AND SLEEP QUIETLY
All
of us have our ‘pet’ and ‘pests’. But, if two of my ‘pests’ are fighting, I
have this tendency in me to root for that pest who I detest less.
Like last night,
while I was watching the ‘News Hour’. Well, my wife has asked me a hundred
times, “What do you gain by watching such mindless arguments before you go to sleep?”
Both of us detest Arnab’s screaming, shouting, intimidating, preaching and
dishing out judgements. Initially, like the rest of the world, we would admire
him. But, now we find him too much!
But, then, when
I switch on the TV at night, I tend to be a little curious about Arnab… Maybe,
just to check what is tonight’s ‘Never-ever-never-Mrs. Lekhi episode’. So, last
night, there were Pramod Muthalik and one of his henchmen…Now, normally I can’t
stand Arnab for more than five minutes. But, last night, I watched his ‘Noise
Hour’ till the last ball!
Why? Because, I
detested Muthalik more!
And, when it was all over, I found myself cribbing all over again… “Useless arguments…Stupid… Sheer waste of time.”
“Who tells you to watch my dear?” It was my wife’s voice from the kitchen. “Go and sleep quietly,” she concluded.
Two
days ago, Errol, my twenty-year-old nephew from Mangalore, had posted a casual
status on FB: “Still no trace of Malaysian Airliner – MH370”!
Joel, his
college buddy was very quick to respond: “Vogeth nidhe saiba.”
Translated from our Konkani, it meant, “Quietly sleep, Boss.”
I was the first one to like Joel’s comment!
Why? Because, I,
too, often do the same thing: Worry over missing planes in far away skies and
groan about kissing couples in the local gardens… I, too, stand on the roadside
and watch, holding my breath, the cock-fights, the bull-fights and Arnab Vs.
Muthalik freestyle wrestlings…
Yes, till someone like my wife or Joel will remind me, from the kitchen or balcony, “Boss, go and sleep, quietly.”
One of my ‘pets’ is Mrs. Byron Katie. In her book ‘Loving What Is’, she reminds us, in life, all of us find ourselves minding only three kinds of businesses – our own, others’ and God’s. She concludes that stress walks into our lives, when we find ourselves focusing on, and worrying over, what they call – ‘None-of-our-business’!
Good night.
GERALD D’CUNHA
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