Settle Down !?!?!?!?

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Settle Down!?!?!?

When will you settle down ? It,s high time now!, please think of settling down , .....on and on...........
We keep hearing these phrases every now and then.

The whole concept of “settling down” is misleading. I think God never meant us to settle down. The very fact our heart, brain, stomach, every cell never settles down ever, till it is nurtured (i.e. gets oxygen and blood flow). Then, why should we settle down?

Do we ever settle down at cellular level ? No !!!!!!!!!
Right from the time, life enter a mother,s womb till the time we bid goodbye to out mortal physical form, we never settle.
Infact, we are God,s supreme work in continuous process of evolving and transforming (either for good or bad, can,t say, depends!)

As a beginner on this journey of schoolhouse planet Mother Earth, we think we will settle down after finishing our studies (seriously! Do we ?)
Maybe after marriage (Nope!), then we think we might settle down after being successful (doesn,t happen that way). Certainly after kids
(absolutely not ), Ok ! after the kids grow up ( Hmm! no way ).
Ok!! I rest my case.

Hey, wait! I know when we settle down.
Oh ! yeh ! great! Let,s all listen to this .
We settle down once our children get married.
(A deep laugh) Seriously! No way, we never settle down......

Life is not meant to settle down. Life is meant to live, to cherish,
to love, to explore, to wander, to learn, to unlearn, to rebel, to work,
to win, to lose, ( Please note , all this is in present tense as life is
what is happening RIGHT NOW !, no past, no future).

Even our ashes don,t settle down, they fly in all directions.
So, why should we ?

Open your arms and embrace LIFE.

Love,
Juju.


Comments

Daisy said…
Great topic. I have always been bemused by this settling down business. Where and why do we need to settle down? Definitely, you have a way with words.
October 14, 2019 at 5:40 PM
Anjali k said…
Cant agree more !!
October 14, 2019 at 7:06 PM
Neetu said…
I liked your treatment of the topic Didi. With the reference of Ashes, the whole concept of settling down gets busted with a bang ! 😊😊
October 14, 2019 at 7:06 PM
Dr.Shweta Mittal said…
So well said... in fact so fantastically explained... i have actually evolved in ur company..god bless u always 💕
October 14, 2019 at 8:53 PM
Sanjana said…
Absolutely correct......no need to settle, just live each passing day!!!
October 15, 2019 at 6:47 AM
Unknown said…
So true!!! One NEVER EVER settles down.
November 5, 2019 at 11:59 AM
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