Walking through the park at our usual pace, we were a group of talkative youngsters circling the aisles of park when we spotted a bench to take a walking sabbatical.
Within no time came a bunch of “Oldies”,
as we call them in our parlance, almost all had passed the fag end of their
life and were enriched with magnificent experiences of their living journey.
Their vociferous voices were testimony of their experiences they had lived. I
Knew one of the old stalwarts amongst many, “Chadha Uncle” – he was quite a lovable
chap of our society and was active in RWA day to day work – his activeness intreat
answers for many as how come he is so agile at this age? We have seen him
retired for so long – at least 20 years or so as far as we all can decipher!)
They took halt along with our
bench and continued to chat loudly oblivious to our presence in their vicinity,
their rodomontade was of interest to all of us – “Life” as we call it. I guess
this is was what intrigued us all as we were discussing the same as a coincidence.
We readily started to listen to the words of prudence being spelled by the septuagenarians. The conversation thus continued as Chadha
uncle took the lead whilst he spoke “The art of making life work is within you!
It is you that knows what is best for you and what is not – Life gives equal opportunities
to everyone who has taken birth, may be at different times, but it does give opportunities.”
– These words of wisdom was part of a healthy discussion which we were listening
with rapt attention cognizant to the experience the Oldies had.
Commenting on the fast life and
quick decision making required to survive the current pace, Puri uncle was at
its witty best – “We also had similar life which we have led with our own
prudence. Patience is the key to tackle multifarious hiccups. As I see young
aspirations falling down their nadir, the young generation is not wary of going
the hard way and not hesitating to take big bets failing to evaluate its
consequence.”
As one of the old gentlemen was
carrying a Tea flask for his friends in discussions (seems to be a daily
feature for all of them), we were offered the same with all the magnanimity. As
Tea Cuppa came, we all sipped into its elegant flavor and propped up another
inquisitive question – “Uncle what has been your best decision in life which you
think took your life to a different trajectory?”
This time the question had a keen
listener in the group. A middle aged man (must be in early 60’s) was not shy of
giggling and thus answered “I guess for me, It was me getting Married!” , The
answer seems to be quaint to all of us youngsters! After a brief pause, he
exhorted “Life is beautiful when you have a equally understanding and
prudent partner to give you support in thick and thin of life’s journey. If you
fail to have such a recognized partner, life seems to be a pack of troubles and
you will always be doing a balancing act.”
Soon, it became dark and our
conversations was backfooted to be continued at later stage as and when we all
meet again, till then, the life lessons have been recorded and has started to be
juxtaposed with our day to day endeavors of living….
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