Life - What's The Point Anyway ?

This life is an enigmatic journey.

These days , "What's the point anyway" is one question that runs a lot in my mind in various contexts. To tell you an instance, I sometimes take a digital detox , away from all social media and all virtual messaging apps in an effort to assess my temperament and self control. During this time, I still continue to do my regular routine works , not much changes. That's when I realized , nothing much changes indeed. All the people who I was supposedly in touch online didn't miss a thing . They didn't miss me. I realized, they are not to be blamed as almost all of us type out smileys with a straight glum face .All we think about is about our side of things . I had been fooling myself into thinking my existence mattered, when in hindsight, it appears, it was all just an illusion. People just responded to my physical existence, but when life takes us away , when the last breath goes off, are we ever aware what happens ?  Is everything a joke , the way we are living our life. Do our desires , goals and choices even matter ? 

What's the point anyway ?

As you read on , you will be in silent agreement with me as I take you through the many instances of how life cheats us,tempts us in misplacing our priorities and  making us believe something matters the most, when in reality it's contextual and is so temporary and so pointless in the sands of time . 

Stage one : How we evolve through age 

As kids, we get showered with advise , words of wisdom and manners and ethics and what not. All this sculpting is done by our parents, siblings, relatives, teachers and the members of society. Don't tell lies. Don't hurt anyone through words or physically. Don't steal. But as we grow into our teens, the kid's perspective of things get mapped into something that is drastically different. Our wants change, our likes , dislikes get refined, our goals get remapped and we try to get things in control , as opposed to how we simply reacted to situations when we were a kid. The  ropes of moral values and ethics that once strictly bound us into a code of conduct slowly get untied, one string at a time. We reason out when we do something wrong, we tend to accept others wrongdoings, simply because we are aware of our own misgivings. We grow acceptable to misdeeds instead of trying to stick on to our values. Like copying in assignments, trying forbidden things like smoking, drinking, pornography, foul language etc. Where did all the wisdom that made so much sense as a kid go, why did it get compromised. What's the point anyway, when values are not permanent as life grows on us ?

Stage two : How the ocean overpowers the bubble 

Life has us believing that we should be in control when we are simply dabbling with decisions in hasty desperation. Our choices in people, largely affect us , our very core beliefs and interpretations. We change our thinking style, our preferences, our personal choices to be part of the larger crowd. We observe and we behave accordingly. We try to become a part of the society. Somewhere the deviation from the natural course of things creep in and in no time, the society gets afflicted with it. In an effort to coexist with our fellow beings, we do things with the expectation it will be well received. Well not always.Not always, do our thoughts, intentions and gestures get well rewarded, or perhaps even be acknowledged. We get disappointed as we end up start making wrong choices in people and mess up our own ethics system. Just to be the person everyone expects us to be. We lose our own existence as we dance to the invisible demands of life's wily tricks.Few retain their natural DNA of things ,their values, choices, beliefs.  But these people get tagged as social misfits who come off as stubborn and more of a rebel when they fail to read situations . And fewer people know the trick of when to alter their DNA, when to retain it. These are the ones that succeed in life in growing into happy , mentally balanced , healthy beings. What's the point anyway, to live with everyone when no one has any clue how to be themselves around everyone?

Stage Three : Delayed Realizations 

As we grow, we realize the larger perspective of things. We understand that pain and pleasure is so fleeting, so temporary. Our physical attributes come with their own deadlines. People with excellent lifestyle ,with no bad habits die at unexpected times, just like a drunkard or a person with many bad choices die. We realize that , come what may , life has us playing our roles as identified by that context of time and nothing is permanent. The loss of a dear one, doesn't hurt as all through life , though for a moment it rocks us from within. The pain is not constant as we go through the regular life but the effects may linger. But we don't continuously remain sad. Similarly, no person can remain continuously happy all the time. We are such complicated creatures. Our systems get activated and deactivated at its own rate and time.Nothing is permanent. The choices we make, our emotions, attachments, the people in life everything that dominated our wants no longer will matter. What's the point anyway , in having run behind things when you know they are going to be destroyed and become unusable at some point, what's the point in having run behind people when someday they are going to cocoon out of their human bodies, what's the point in having made all the money , what's the point in all the hatred and the fame, what's the point in doing anything . What's the point in living life anyway ? 

The point is..

Instead of becoming weak and debilitated as we ripen with age to realize how pointless all the objects of our attachments and temptations are ,  we can try to be more conscious of Life before we let it fool us . Let's  rewire ourselves. Look back about your journey thus far. However old or young you are, don't forget that all this will just vanish at some point. Understand that there is no point in harboring that hatred/regret/disappointment towards something or someone ,as it will continue to exist even after your last moment has come and fresh set of people will replace your opinions. No joy or bliss also exists permanently. Just enjoy this moment. But don't believe it. Don't dwell in it. Things pass by, people pass by and eventually we will too. Life is destined to be active as per it's own clock and let's make this time as eventful , useful , real and worthy as much we can. 

Live life when you are alive...you now know why ...