Sunday, July 09, 2006

You're beautiful...

I’ve been listening to this song for 2 days now, which includes one whole night of continuous playback. And as I write this, it is obviously still playing in the same infinite repeat mode. There must be something to it that I just can’t get it out of my mind.

At a first hearing, this song sounds like just another love song.
Except that this one has a meaning that goes far deeper than that of a boy-girl-look-at-each-other and instant chemistry etc.  There’s a hidden undercurrent in the song that talks about more than just a passing, unachievable crush; about more than just the truth of the futility of chance meetings in a subway…
And the words in the song which sum up that one emotion that most of us are liable to ignore, are “I don’t think that I’ll see her again but we shared a moment that will last till the end…

It’s a thought that I’ve tried to explore earlier as well – the notion that our life is not defined by any one “defining” moment (marrying that perfect girl?, getting that perfect job?, finding God…?), but more importantly, it is defined by what we do with those day to day things that happen to us. The “simple” joys that we take for granted, like a gently falling leaf, to be looked at for a few seconds and then to be reduced to its literally fallen existence.  

Even in that imperfect job, there are things you can do that stand out…  Even in that imperfect marriage, there are so many ways to find each other…  Even in a life without God, there are enough chances of holding on to faith…

A sum total of moments, taken till the very end…
A box full of chocolate wrappers, taken from one temporary home to the next…
A falling leaf, taken from one dream to the next…

Now that’s what’s beautiful…

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