It is funny how people
like to reason everything out! Every single incident in their life is seen as a reason that would lead to something that has a higher meaning. Something that
was meant to be. They just don’t like to accept things as they are and move on.
They need words to lift their spirits. And that is how the term 'Everything
happens for a reason' was born. People please!!!
I burnt a toast today. It
was the last piece of bread and I burnt it. Tell me how this happened for a
reason. Except if the reason was perpetual starvation!
There are so many lines
that absolutely make no sense to me. My absolute favourite is ‘What doesn’t kill
you, makes you stronger.’ It is the worst lie that has been told on the face of
this planet. I once had this terrible accident where I injured my leg badly.
There were tissues hanging out and skin that looked like they were grated using
a cheese grater. Of course it did not kill me and I survived. It has been
almost 8 years since that accident, and still sometimes I feel the pain around
my ankle. So no! What does not kill me, does not make me stronger! It makes me weaker.
Then there is the 'Everything
is going to be all right'. What are you? An astrologer? Or are you the animal
oracle ‘Paul the Octopus’ who predicted the world cup? If not, then how can you
be sure that everything would be alright? Or maybe the interpretation of ‘Everything
is going to be alright’ is “ I don’t know
if it is going to be alright. I can only hope that it does. If it doesn’t, don’t
sue me you imbecile! Life is a bitch but you are not the only one with issues.
I ate a fly today, accidentally. Do you think it is going to be all right for
the fly? Accept your destiny. DEAL WITH IT!”
I remember I had this
classmate of mine named ‘Umapathy’. Umapathy was a Tamil boy who had a
dog. A dog named ‘Bhairavi’. Yes!
Something made him name the dog after an avatar of Goddess Kali. Anyway, Bhairavi
died after eating a lizard. Umapathy
came to college with a sullen face and wept over the loss of his dear ‘Bhairavi’. With an absolutely clean
intention of sharing his grief and imparting momentary solace, I touched his
shoulder and told him “It is ok!
Everything happens for a reason”. I think his stare burnt a hole right
through the middle of my head. So much for showing some humanity.
Listen to me, I am in no
way trying to bash up these lines and stamp them out of existence. I understand
that these are just lines to raise one’s spirit in times of despair and that
they can be used only metaphorically? But really does it make any sense? It is
but a while lie to make you feel stronger than you actually are.
I know this guy who can drink like an entire
bottle of vodka without any dilution in a span of half an hour. I say to him “Drink it all boy!!!!” because what doesn’t kill him makes him
stronger, unless of course he has burnt half his liver in the process, then no
it did not make him stronger.
It is funny how we use
certain lines as a balm to sooth the pain that life torments us with. Maybe
nothing happens for a reason, maybe everything is not going to be alright and
maybe what doesn’t kill you actually makes you weaker. But the only line you
should actually hold on to with a death grip is “Life, it goes on.....”.
Of course if death says
“Hi!!”, then No! It is mechanically impossible for life to go on.
P.S- I love making
absolutely no sense!
P.P.S- If anyone of you
reading this have cosmetic implants, please do not come to Kerala right now.
They might just melt off your fine body. It is frigging hot!!
