F*** the society, life moves on!

CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT

The Greek Philospher Heraclitus, preached the true meaning of the saying,"Change is the only constant", yet in real life we all grapple with the changing enviornment. Be it professional or personal, accepting change is as tough as learning a new language. The mind and body is so attuned & accustomed to the usual, that a new task or challenge, is seen as a problem rather than a opportunity. Those who overcome this inner war of mind and heart, are the one`s who go

ahead and create and re-write history.

If change has so many advantages, then way do we all try to run away from it?? Why do we try avoiding it?? What prevents us all from accepting change??

I believe change is somewhere also linked with the ability of taking risk and doing what is not expected to be done. To add to the predictment, the Indian society is framed in a such a way that change for them is like a puzzle which has just one course, which needs to be followed, practiced and preached. If someone, inadvertently or intentionally, try to tread on a different path, he is labelled as an outcast and is derelicted from the (artifical )institution we all call as "SOCIETY".

Why is to so tough to break the cliched, to mould the banal life, to re-create something new and to enjoy what we want to do. From birth to adolescence to maturity to oldage, we are dictated, ordered, summoned, instructed and sometimes coaxed (emotionally) by others to do things which we would have never done in the first place. We are under pressure to be societally correct and each move of ours is closely scrutinised. From puny things like what to wear, eat, go, do , join to serious issues such as marriage, jobs, money, cars et al , society plays a key role in deciding what we choose.

For all those, who give a F*** to society things do change and change for positive. They stand up, they not dedicted by others, they are bold individuals capable to taking their own decision, deciding their own fate and doing what they want to do. Society don`t except them easily and try to blow them away with volleys of criticism.

The recent case of Sania Mirza marrying Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik can be seen as a prime example. Both Media and society were hell bent and did not left any screw unturned to villify the couple for the sinful (according the them) crime they had committed. Everyone was concerned that the image of the India society has been tarnished!! But what did Sania do, she F***ed the society and did what she wanted to do. She stood by her decision and went for it. There are many examples like here, but then many are also turing a step back due to the artifical and non-meaningful so called society.

This blog entry is not an eristic way to just pen down words and have a conversation going, but is a way for me to express my thoughts . To some extent, I too am grappling with the society syndrome. I am trying to find ways to come out of this quandry and quagmire of living life for others. I need to further ponder, re-think and take steps. The start has been made, have joined my favourite gym, I was yearing to join for years and yes, the first thing I said post joining was," F*** the opinionated Society". But this is just a beginning and there are many miles to go before I sleep, before I sleep.