Thursday 28 February 2019

“Young Notes Volume I” By Pratyush Ranjan Bhayan

Cigarette Theory
Odd name I know, probably because I came up with it. But this is something I came up with while I was trying to get some sleep with a headache. Well you see, we in our lives evolve into new beings, new ideas and with a new way of life. Just different versions of ourselves. And that is not something that is bad, but something that just happens. And along the way of this change, we come across a lot of different situations, some that challenge us, and some that celebrate us, it’s a way of life, and a fact. And there is no denying that life gets harder and harder still. At some point, it even becomes so hard and immovable that it becomes absurd, and all we feel is whatever do is not working. No matter how hard we toil it doesn’t seem to work. This, instead of giving up, is life telling us to work harder for it, just like the saying, “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going”. I know all that is normal talk, age-old motivational talk. But it’s true nonetheless, and for all these things compiled, I came up with the cigarette theory.

Well here is how it goes, you start your life, and all is easy, you are home, people tend to your every need. It’s a bed of roses, and it is smooth sailing, and that is when you have taken up the cigarette and lit it, it’s all fun and games. And then life begins, the cigarette slowly burns, and the flame comes closer to your face with every puff you smoke. The smoke rises from the burnt end slowly disappearing into the air and the burnt ash slowly falling to the ground with little or no remains whatever. This part is extensive, you working hard and even harder gives rise to that smoke, and the ashes that fall down towards the earth, that’s the past, it disappears, because it really has no meaning looking back and regretting a decision, because you already took a decision and came past it. No use regretting. And the flame comes even closer, slowly giving you the warm feeling on your lips, that is life getting harder, the more you rise up, the more you burn, the more fierce the competition, the more life roughs you up. Well, I am not saying that smoking is good or that anyone should smoke or that even I am a smoker or the way around. It’s all metaphorical. But think about it. The more you rise the more you burn, the more you work hard, the more smoke you give off, and the more you advance, you have that much past, and like ash, it holds little or no meaning. It’s one to grow on. Cheers!

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