My brother and I, when in school, we had this lady who used to walk us to school and back home every day (school was just 5 blocks away). The lady (I don't remember her name) had strict instructions from my mom that she would not let go our hands till we get to our destination (this was due to traffic etc). I would let myself of her hook and walk on the pavement edge (She used to yell at me to stay close to her). I liked it when I did the little balancing thing on the pavement edge. My little feet would slip off and I would get back on the edge again. I did that every day to and from School. I was 8 and my brother must have been 5 or something. I don't remember when i stopped slipping of the pavement edge but I always liked to do that little dance on my way. Subconsciously sometimes even now, I do walk on the pavement edge balancing myself for fun. How I wish, I found that balance in life subconsciously? Well...life is all about balancing, isn't it?
Last night, my friends and I decided to watch this movie 'Eat Pray Love'. After a stressful day, we were still debating if we should go for this late night movie (10:15pm, it was just couple blocks away and NYC is always busy). Anyways, we decide we would go and if its too much, we will sleep it off through the movie.
I felt the movie was slow at the beginning but Julia Roberts has done a great job. Its a very well taken movie. Gist - She, like any other human being, is trying to strike a balance in her life with what she has to do, likes to do and whom does she really love etc. She gives up everything goes around the world, in the process meets different people, culture etc. Finally, she is able to strike a balance in her life. The movie was not about traveling around the world to find what you want but I feel, it was all about balancing ones life.
How many of us are in a relationship because we just got there or because we have to keep up with it or keep doing stuff just because everyone else is doing or because you have to be there for these people or this job etc etc etc...'is this really what I want to do?' is what one should ask.
All of us are in search of something and we name it as 'Happiness' (search is on constantly for...maybe LOVE, MONEY, JOB, CHANGE, PASSION, AMBITION etc etc). We postpone our happiness, saying I will be happy if I had this or that etc. Can anyone define happiness? Happiness is different to different people. But, do we strike a balance with each other and accept that happiness of others?....
The movie ends with a beautiful quote,"To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life".
