The Journey

A friend was displaying the message that said all our destination is same i.e death and why do we fight/compete so much to reach this destination. Life itself has to be journey if death is the destination... i know the destination is not fun, so the journey has to be ! Its true in many cases , the effort put forth to reach a destination makes it sweater ( its the pursuit of happiness ) we all struggle through child hood to become teens , its again a struggle to reach youth and then midlife, but we all derive pleasure in thoughts of our childhood , teenage and youth ( i haven't gone past my youth so i can't talk past it ). What if as a child you knew for sure what would happen in your teens, most people i have met say that childhood was the best time, so what is the driver for the child !! thought provoking. The brief of all these thoughts is don't put too much thought into the destination love the journey and live happily.

Controversial but true. There is an amazing feeling from scratching a itch, can anyone dispute this ? part of the problem is this has to be done when you are alone. But the satisfaction is immense. It surely leaves a bad rash.

This is a fabulous movie about hope , struggle ,aspirations and sense of accomplishment . Its a feel good movie about man struggling in life and how is tries and succeeds at becoming a investment share broker. These are the thoughts going in my head , all through my life I have had the feeling that I was born for something bigger ( which has not been realized yet ! ). Its not as if I have dreamed of becoming something as a child, but there is this internal feeling that I have to archive more than what I have. It might be financially or emotionally or spiritually.

I typically come across phrases like Information is power , knowledge is power. Its true in most cases , but if you think about it information can also be harmful ! let me explain how. Here are a couple of hypothetical example, a person diagnosed with a mortal disease will suffer every minute with fear and anxiety ( thinking about death ), Americans live in fear of recessions which is being predicted by most of the economists today ( 2008 ) everyone has to make an effort to ignore fear and lead normal lives. I believe information that induces fear is not so helpful, it might be helpful to corporations selling products, politicians selling new policies but not to common people.

I was listening to some old songs, one thing that I notice is people try to find justification for there actions in movies. Its probably not intentional but the most successful movies have been ones which people can relate to. This means there can't be one movie for all times, because overtime movies have to evolve and address different issues. I happen to have lots of thoughts when I'm free which may be bad or good ( its too early to know ). One of them is why do people feel insecure what do we want security from ? I think this happens more to people who have struggled to achieve something in life and are leading a stable life but are scared that these summer days could be gone with a swift move. Good example for this is Americans , they seem to have the most secure life but they are also the most anxious (even paranoid).

Boy oh Boy !! it is awkward to watch a steamy movie with a friend and his wife .... It could be fixed by making some funny comment. As an experiment I have to try something ( cant wait for the next seen ).

Good News bad news we have to respond with same calm demeanor. It is not as easy as it sounds. Well there has to be a balance I guess. If you are too happy on hearing good news you will be too sad on hearing sad news. I had this thought because I have some good news ( my X recovered ).

Its all started during a sleepless night , reading freekonomics I realized that events in my life and thoughts in my head where worth the effort of documentation ... huh :) Wishing myself good luck as I rarely stick to something long enough to watch it blossom into something worthwhile. But still what is the point in not trying :)