Old junk and nostalgia!

If you have old things in your closet that you have stored just for the heck of it then you are a nostalgic person. Most people have a streak of materialism inside of them. We like to collect things as we travel, shop to places and then there are some gifts that we like to treasure.

As we grow, we throw most of these items after a point of time. Those things fill up space and sometimes we aren't attached to them like we used to. But some of us do save this as some kind of memorabilia. We often keep old clothes of our younger days, toys, greeting cards from former gfs/bfs, shoes that won us a race, scrap or sticker books, games, cards, petals stored inside a book, gadgets.....the list is long.

The real thrill comes from when we go to our old cupboards or some lost corner of our house to clean that space or clear junk. And wow! You have it. You get hold of your treasure trove, pick old cartons and get lost. Yup! We do like to remember old time that were associated with that junk. As we recall events and stories with these items, we realise something. It isn't worth debunking the junk. So it goes back to it's old place to be found again some day later...and so on

A thing or two about Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day has so many times been usually misunderstood. Especially in India. There have been controversies over it and the situation usually starts boiling when major political parties even hear about Saint Valentine. Yes, he was a saint. And like many saints in India, he did what he did for a just cause. And I reckon, we respect saints.

There have been many instances where we have found reasons to hate each other. To hate, the reasons are plenty; to love-not one in twenty. We hate over religion, over caste, over colour, over language, over territory, over class,etc. We might find zillion more reasons to show our affection for hate. But then, hate becomes symbolic of our character. It can consume us totally. It only allows us to see the world as a bad place.

Maybe the Valentine's Day teaches us and reminds us that there is a day for love after all. So obnoxiously bad that we need a day to celebrate love. It should be a festival of life-to love people, to be loved by people. What else is so important than be truly consumed by the richness, the diversity and the incredible journey of love? Every living organism craves for love. That is also how our species survives, prospers and thrives. Money, status, fame are drivers for a superficial state of happiness; it is only through love that we reach a higher state of living.

Whenever people or the society have lost their faith in love, the civilisation has been dealt a severe blow. But why is love such a good thing and why am I emphatically harbouring it's merits? See, if we all hate and kill each other-nobody would remain on this earth. We would destroy and be destroyed. On the other hand, if we love each other-we would only be making this world a better place. Things like passion, intensity, crativity, innovation, etc are 'byproducts' of love. Because love allows us the strength to make the best of our existing resources.

So this Valentine's Day-share your love with your neighbours, relatives, parents, office colleagues, proffessors, teachers, children, people on the street......and possibly that special someone. Send Gifts to them, love them, shower them with presents, spend time with them. You wouldn't regret....I bet!!

ON SAINT VALENTINE

Writers are like that only. Even if you lock them inside a dark room for days, they would still write. And I bet-the written words would say more about light than darkness. Now that Valentine Day will get near, I decided to do my due diligence and get the truth out. Over the course of history, many people did many things. Issac Newton sat under an apple tree. He became famous because the apple landed right there, over his head. Most apples are sacrificed for fruit salad. This one wrote history. Now move to Rome-269AD.Emperor Claudius was a dejected man. Saint Valentine was marrying people off to other people. Now married men did not make good soldiers.And married men did not want to fight wars(They already did that with their wives). Emperor Claudius and Rome was in a war with many of his neighbours.Here,Saint Valentine was secretly marrying men off. So, Claudius punished Saint Valentine to death. Cut to 2007 AD.St.Valentine is a famous man. But now men have become wiser. They don't want to marry. This is a known fact. It is better to go to a war than marry. Although, Valentine's day is celebrated with much vigour-methinks, secretly, it should be converted to Emperor Claudius's day. Atleast many lives of married men would be saved. For all the thorns that prick and all the petals that fall......Happy Emperor Claudius Day!
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