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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Rebirth

Rebirth, a concept of mythical proportions. A concept with scientific impossibility. A concept of many a religion. The Phoenix, an epitome of Rebirth. Burns in flames to be born again from Ashes . Rebirth does challenge the concept of "ashes to dust".

But this is not about the life and death and..... life again story. This is about Rebirth of thoughts. Every now and then we need to rethink, reevaluate and rethank God for everything he has offered to us. I did, last week. I went to this bakery near my place. And I saw these three kids playing, all siblings , all girls. One probably about a year and a half old, the other about 3 and the other about 5. They were covered in dust, they hadn't washed their clothes for years probably because they had only one pair. And they were playing in the hot sun with a small red bottle cap. There were apparently no rules, but there was all fun. And I thought to myself about how lucky I am. And I also knew life is what you make of it. Here they are , nothing in their hands, no future and no past , and nightmarishsly scary, no present. But they were happy with what they had , a sole red bottle cap.

Someone was right when he said " Two men look out through the bars, one sees mud and the other the stars!".

Rebirth, Rethink, Reevaluate and Reprioritize what you want in life!

3 comments:

వసంతకోకిల said...

vow!! you really did pull something out of thin air..

Ellen said...

Hi!

It's been quite a long time hasn't it? Had techie problems with my internet so wasn't able to do much visiting online. Now all's fine and am here saying 'hello' to you. Hope all's well with you at your end. Take care always. May God bless you and your family. :-)

Sapphire said...

I really liked this post :) It's very thought-provoking. I don't believe in the concept of re-birth - as in 'karma' where your previous life determines your after-life and one's soul aim in life is to attain nirvana or salvation. I think your fate of being in heaven or hell is determined by the way you live and you experience it while you are living. If you do bad, bad things happen to you and if you are good, nothing bad can even touch you!

But yes, re-birth in terms of thought - that is nice :) We are always told to think before we act. We should always count our blessings rather than cribbing about things we don't have.