Change and die
by Vishmi Wijeratne
“Not forever can anyone enjoy
stillness and peace. But misfortune and obstruction are not final, when
grass has been burnt by the fire of the steppe it will grow anew in
summer”.
This is one of my favourite quotes, though I am admittedly ashamed to
say: I’ve forgotten where I found it and whose brilliance enlighten
these words, its meaning is ripe to anyone who reads them.
Change is what we human beings should be accustomed to since the
prolonged years; yet it is always the hardest to adapt to. We enjoy our
lives within its scope, and suffer with it too, a person of great
intellect will see the promising suffering and will know that joy will
see an end, but the vain will wish for it to linger on.
 However much we pride ourselves about reaching this understanding,
don’t we always find ourselves complaining, when an unpleasant change
had looked upon us? And rejoice when the change is pleasant?
The slightest change might bring tears to many eyes, a chipped nail
might cause one to weep, a simple smile on a face might make an onlooker
dance with joy; fatuous as it is, reality strikes. THAT is CHANGE. A
healthy person might next day be a patient in a severe condition, this
is drastic, but a blind person might next day see the world, this is
massive.
Simple, massive, drastic or normal, the proceedings of instances are,
and will always be spelt simply as C-H-A-N-G-E.
Everyone is aware of the growing process but does this knowledge
barricade those who have passed this stage to stop the young being
restless? They know they’ve changed, but when their child matures, they
cannot face that change.
They try to bind them but realizes its vain, and this never stops,
later we too will be doing the same: we will try to avoid change.
No one knows how to face Change, but we can reduce its prominence and
contribute to make it more comfortable for us and those around us.
Patience is a virtue one might yearn to earn during changes.
Therefore practising it would certainly improve things for many.
Demanding one to end a change is not helpful, neither is it aiding to
demand a change, it is in vain; no matter if it is good or bad, change
happens with time, demanding would never help. At such moments accepting
the change and facing it, or waiting for the change will be more
accurate and far more comforting to you as well as to the person you
might be vainly demanding.
The only thing in this world that does not change is: change itself,
and change too will one day die with the world.
“Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why should wise men grieve
to know they must die?” Acceptance is a virtue, nothing is constant, bad
will not last forever nor will good, it will change and die. |
