Better to be burn out than to be fade away

   


      I have met these amazing people in my life. People that make me think a lot and act a lot.
I always hear a great story from them. Some of those become a valuable lesson, things that my school won't teach me.
   
        This is a story of a guy who is a close friend of my dad. His father is a diplomat and he too become one later in his life. Because of his job and the family he has, he has to travel a lot. This story happened on his trip from Bombai(Mumbai). While he's staying at the Hotel, he met this beautiful indian girl at the bar. They started having a conversation and he found out that her look is just one of her strong point. Her preceptive and knowledge is also pretty challenging. Due to his family background, my uncle has a wide range of knowledge too. So, they totally got into each other, talking about various things. At the end of the night, the girl invited him to her room. The next morning , the girl said "My action last night might surprised you". Listen guys, this story took place more than 2 decades ago. The tradition at that time and right now is a lot different. There were not many one night stand at that time ; especially in Indian tradition. So , my uncle said yes. He's a bit surprised. She said she has the reason behind this and then she explained about it.


      Let's assume the average life span of human life is 70. Out of that 70 years of our lives, the first 10 years of our lives, we spend neither  knowing what we want nor having the ability to get what we want. From 10 to 20, we spend our lives by looking for what we want. From 20 to 30, we spend our times by developing the ability to get what we want. From 30 to 40, we spend our times trying to get what we want. From 50 to 60, we spend our time by holding we have and not losing anymore of it. Finally, at 60 to 70, we lost the ability to get what we want , the strength to hold what we have and the mind to enjoy what we get. The last ten years of our life, we spend it by counting what we had. So, out of our 70 years of lives, only from 40 to 50 , we have the ability to get what we want,the ability to hold what we have and the mind to enjoy what we get. However, if we are a late boomer then the amount of time we have to enjoy our lives become less. So , during that precious time, do we want to spend our lives with rules, boundaries , justification and caring about what other people will think about us? She said , " For me, the answer is , No. Last night when I met you,  you showed me that you are a gentleman. You also showed me that you are a man of pleasure as well as a man of business. I figured that it's not a bad choice to spend a night with you."

           I really enjoyed this story. How many of us have spent our time living with other people rules and ideals? How many of us have spent our time not know what we want and what we get? How many of us have spent our life on truly enjoying of the things that we have? How many of us can say " Life is Beautiful" at the end of our lives?