Sunset
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I like Sunset more than Sunrise. It is hard to know why, but not getting up early to see Sunrise could be the reason. It does not mean that I didn’t see Sunrise any day, but it didn’t impress me as like Sunset. Sunset is more pleasant than sunrise. Sun is calm while setting down. And it shows many more colorful combinations in the sky which attract us.
Today in the evening, I was looking outside the window, thinking about my career and planning few things for future. Suddenly the beautiful scenery of Sun, saying good bye for a day distracted my mind and unknowingly I folded my hands. It reminded my own lines in Hindi –
रंगीन शाम और हसीन सुबह, दोनो भी मजा देती है,
फिर चाहे वो दिन की बात हो या जिंदगी की ||
(Meaning in English – Colorful evening and beautiful morning both are pleasant, in the case of a day or human life)
Can we compare our journey of life with Sun's daily routine? How can we do that? If yes, then can we learn something from the Sun how to live our life? I started finding the answer.
With a cup of coffee in hand, brain starts digging up as much as possible to get the answer. If we will compare the Sun’s journey from Sunrise to Sunset with human life then it tells us a lot of things. In the morning, when Sun rises, our routine starts. Similarly, after birth, our human life routine starts. All organs start functioning and keep our body alive. Till it comes to the midday, the Sun becomes brighter. So as our career should be. We shall learn a lot in the early years of our life and take as much as knowledge we can get from many sources which will be helpful in later years. Knowledge never gets wasted. We must develop our skills to do something viable for our future. Here our career actually begins. And at this stage we may become overconfident due to less or no experience.
Later from midday till the evening, the Sun’s brightness stays as it is but its heat effect becomes lesser time by time. Similarly, from the start of the career till few more years, as with age comes wisdom, our overconfidence will be converted to good understanding. Till this stage, knowledge with experience taught us a lot in life. And we shall start giving this combination of knowledge with experience to youngsters. They will grow better than us and will make good future.
From the evening to the Sunset is the resting period. Till this time, we have worked a lot and compromised too. Since, we have squeezed much more life juice from our body, it may become weak. This time, it is necessary to take care of yourself. We can enjoy this time with nature, with being at peace, visiting many places, doing something for us if we haven’t done anything till then.
And at the end, at the Sunset, this journey is about to end. We shall remember all good things which have happened till now and forget bad memories. Only good memories should be with us. Our horizon should be enlightened with such colorful memories we had and smile should be there on our face.
When I came to the end of comparison, I looked at coffee cup; there were no more coffee left. I was feeling good about myself as I could compare human life’s journey to the Sun’s journey throughout the day with my tiny brain. The Sunset brought smile on my tensed face.
Sunit S. Pendse
5th November 2014
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I like Sunset more than Sunrise. It is hard to know why, but not getting up early to see Sunrise could be the reason. It does not mean that I didn’t see Sunrise any day, but it didn’t impress me as like Sunset. Sunset is more pleasant than sunrise. Sun is calm while setting down. And it shows many more colorful combinations in the sky which attract us.
Today in the evening, I was looking outside the window, thinking about my career and planning few things for future. Suddenly the beautiful scenery of Sun, saying good bye for a day distracted my mind and unknowingly I folded my hands. It reminded my own lines in Hindi –
रंगीन शाम और हसीन सुबह, दोनो भी मजा देती है,
फिर चाहे वो दिन की बात हो या जिंदगी की ||
(Meaning in English – Colorful evening and beautiful morning both are pleasant, in the case of a day or human life)
Can we compare our journey of life with Sun's daily routine? How can we do that? If yes, then can we learn something from the Sun how to live our life? I started finding the answer.
With a cup of coffee in hand, brain starts digging up as much as possible to get the answer. If we will compare the Sun’s journey from Sunrise to Sunset with human life then it tells us a lot of things. In the morning, when Sun rises, our routine starts. Similarly, after birth, our human life routine starts. All organs start functioning and keep our body alive. Till it comes to the midday, the Sun becomes brighter. So as our career should be. We shall learn a lot in the early years of our life and take as much as knowledge we can get from many sources which will be helpful in later years. Knowledge never gets wasted. We must develop our skills to do something viable for our future. Here our career actually begins. And at this stage we may become overconfident due to less or no experience.
Later from midday till the evening, the Sun’s brightness stays as it is but its heat effect becomes lesser time by time. Similarly, from the start of the career till few more years, as with age comes wisdom, our overconfidence will be converted to good understanding. Till this stage, knowledge with experience taught us a lot in life. And we shall start giving this combination of knowledge with experience to youngsters. They will grow better than us and will make good future.
From the evening to the Sunset is the resting period. Till this time, we have worked a lot and compromised too. Since, we have squeezed much more life juice from our body, it may become weak. This time, it is necessary to take care of yourself. We can enjoy this time with nature, with being at peace, visiting many places, doing something for us if we haven’t done anything till then.
And at the end, at the Sunset, this journey is about to end. We shall remember all good things which have happened till now and forget bad memories. Only good memories should be with us. Our horizon should be enlightened with such colorful memories we had and smile should be there on our face.
When I came to the end of comparison, I looked at coffee cup; there were no more coffee left. I was feeling good about myself as I could compare human life’s journey to the Sun’s journey throughout the day with my tiny brain. The Sunset brought smile on my tensed face.
Sunit S. Pendse
5th November 2014
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