The Wait Kills

 In 21st Century, the Wait is simply exhausting or to put it in different perspective we don't have patience. Let me explain what I mean.

Recollect the last time you ordered food on a Sunday morning and the delivery guy on the app shows he hasn't picked up the food yet. The "wait" begins. No matter how hard you try, the situation isn't going to improve as it's out of your control. One keeps checking if the food got picked. Wait isn't over yet, one keeps a track of the delivery guy all through the traffic till he reaches doorstep.

You have attended an interview for a job. After every round the "wait" for the schedule for next round seems endless. And after the last round the "wait" for the offer letter is eternity.

Just the "wait" for salary after 10th of every month is painful.

The "wait" for a stock price to go up, exam results, blood reports, getting cured after falling ill 🤒, festivals especially Deepawali and Ganesh Chaturthi, the "wait" for vacations and the list goes on.

My point is the duration for which we wait isn't that long as it actually is. There is one particular wait that I want to emphasize. 

Elders, especially the one who live in old age home, the bed ridden ones, the ones who have chronic diseases the wait is unbearable. The real pain lies there. It's impossible to feel that pain of waiting for the "death". Although nobody expresses it but definitely thinks about it for the wait to get over. 

This particular "wait" kills.

Is it all about Life or Death?

Look around, everybody is living for the sake of death and not for a living purpose. When did this definition change? Life is a blessing or rather its a blessing in disguise. The way we are living is preparing for death, there are more than enough reasons to find just at your eye sight distance, but definitely not all of them. The common man category probably makes the most of this category or could be everybody. The only category who don't live preparing for the death are the selfless ones. That would be my definition. 

Let's look at few examples from each category.

Poor: I am not getting into the definition of poor. What's objective of this category? A few of them to list - earn for their livelihood and to give a good future for their children. At the first place, why do they make kids when they themselves are living in jeopardy? No, I am not criticizing their marriage and having kids but look at the prospects. When I am done with my life, why should my child or children suffer is the question that the poor is addressing. So the prep is for his own death. He/She is willingly ready to sacrifice his life for the prospects of his children. All the paths of his thoughts lead to death and nothing more. Someone, or infact many, can ask how would you "live" if I were to be poor? My answer wouldn't be different.

Middle class: This category has the leverage of having some cash in bank account and have different thoughts. What's the objective of this category? Earn, Buy Property, Travel, Party, Send kids to good school. Consider each of them and they are interlinked. Earn because to buy property, buy property so that their children are secured when he/she dies. Travel, why? To see the world because he doesn't know when he is going to die. Party, now you would have guessed the reason. Send children to good school, so that they can take care of themselves after him. Every single reason leads to preparation of death. 

Rich: Now this category not only has the leverage of money but also power. Money becomes second priority when it is in abundant. The nature of human being is to ignore or neglect what he has and to perceive what he doen't have. Getting into power and having a command over a few aspects of society to get the name and fame so that their name is imprinted in the history after he / she dies. The abundant money, properties, cash, ornaments etc ...all that is used to get into the power and a back plan if he gets into a mess (I can only guess). 

Scientists: There are a few categories who indulge themselves in search of "something". I definitely don't want to say they do their job for the preparation of death. The passion towards "something" doesn't lets them think of death and keep their exploration active. There are few more categories like this. 

And as I said not all of human beings are living for death but definitely a very major chunk of it. 

And do I have answer on how to live and not prepare for death? NO.