Latter Half ....1

What is Life (expectancy)? ...... 1

Must read for some one, approaching/ crossed 40.

Simple Questions pop up all of sudden?

Well, we cannot just comprehend the origin, scene, rational for such range of these questions.

They begin simply with ... What is Life? What is its expectancy? What is its expectation?

·         About companions: Why should you live? Whom should you live with? Why should be that?

·         About the approach: What is the path chosen? Why should be that? Are we doing justice to the chose path? If not fully, what is the extent that you are able to justify the approach and the action there of? Whether the chosen path, approach, actions there of remain glued to each other? If not what is the extent of deviation?

·         About the origins:     Though you cannot fathom an answer quickly - Why were you born? Especially to this set of parents? Were you brought up justly? If so, are you doing justice to the role of a good son/ daughter? (If not the case, who all are getting the blame for the perceived problem).

·         About prevention: If you believe that your upbringing had defects, are you able to do a better job as a parent/ guardian?

·        About the Ratio: What is the ratio/ percentage of time ; each activity, consumed in your life till date? Personal Care (Including health), Education, Entertainment, Profession, Charity/ Service?

·         About Benefits: How many people are benefitting your existence on this date? How many are benefitted by your existence in this world?

·         About Betterment: How many souls were associated with you? Are they better off, with your association? Have you bettered your standards by that association? If not, what is preventing from getting better? Affliction/ Affection/ Bondage/ Pure Lethargy? Or lack of motivation/ Conviction??

·         About Family: How many siblings were you? What was the count of siblings your father/ mother had? Is the number dwindling? Was/ Is it better to reduce/ increase/ maintain the number? How many see you as the supporter? How many view yourself as a dependent? How far, the mutual coexistence helping? (Remember that Dependency/ Support should not be confined to finance alone)

·         About Dependency: What is the level of dependency in your life? For personal works? For food needs? For simple daily purchases/ procurement? For routine health maintenance? For medical emergency? For entertainment? For cleaning the surroundings? For finance?

·         About Priorities: What were the priorities in life? What are now? What are the future plans? (Please write this on a wall/ board/ diary, you see daily.)

·         About Life Expectancy: How long do we aspire to live? How do we justify that? Are we satisfied till date with the path and style followed? What is the action plan for the rest of life, if any? What are the signs of progress??

·         After this birth: (This is a hard question to think about) How do you want that to be shaped up?

Completion of 40 years, is an important juncture in life.  You have almost completed half the journey or much more than that, in the current circumstances. You have an option to waste or redeem a chance called life.

One introspection will be called for, as narrated by Brahma Valli (Upanishad of Yajurveda).

किमहं साधुनाकरवम्? किमहं पापमकरवम्?

This pondering by a bemused, bamboozled, bewildered soul, would continue till you attain the equilibrium called Sthita Prajnataa.

Better to get the answer right, for your conscience? If not, latter half could be drowned by unanswered questions and unattended quagmires called Uncertainty.

... to be continued