Today, a good friend changed his profile photo..
Initially it showed him grinning from ear to ear... As happy as Garfield who has recently gobbled up a whole dish of lasagna... Your typical :-D grin...
The current pic shows him simply smiling... The plain old :-) smile...
I asked him why he did that... He says, it signifies he is moving on. For moving on is very important in life.. Even if it means stepping backwards instead of moving forwards [ for his smile had downgraded from :-D to :-) ]
Well I agree with him... Moving on is very important... But I don't think he has moved on... Rather I think he has grown up...
His first grin looked great on him. But it was still too wide, too carefree... Now his smile looks mature... wise, even...
When we are kids, life allows us the leisure to enjoy the widely grinning smile... One can do that without the burden of worries, responsibilities, expectations and the pain of unfulfilled dreams.. We have the fire of our dreams and our hopes burning bright in our mighty little hearts...
But as we grow up, these things tend to unfold in front of us, like peeling off layers of onion... We are no longer carefree. Worries worry us. Responsibilities make us responsible... Expectations expect from us. Pain pains us so... Then it becomes so difficult to wear that careless happy grin.
Yet we smile... Not the wide denture-flashing grin variety... Just a simple curve of the lips... For the dreams may have died and the fires of hope may no longer burn bright. But the embers are still warm in the hearts. And we hold them dear, never letting them extinguish... For without those embers, won't life become as cold as death itself...?
Initially it showed him grinning from ear to ear... As happy as Garfield who has recently gobbled up a whole dish of lasagna... Your typical :-D grin...
The current pic shows him simply smiling... The plain old :-) smile...
I asked him why he did that... He says, it signifies he is moving on. For moving on is very important in life.. Even if it means stepping backwards instead of moving forwards [ for his smile had downgraded from :-D to :-) ]
Well I agree with him... Moving on is very important... But I don't think he has moved on... Rather I think he has grown up...
His first grin looked great on him. But it was still too wide, too carefree... Now his smile looks mature... wise, even...
When we are kids, life allows us the leisure to enjoy the widely grinning smile... One can do that without the burden of worries, responsibilities, expectations and the pain of unfulfilled dreams.. We have the fire of our dreams and our hopes burning bright in our mighty little hearts...
But as we grow up, these things tend to unfold in front of us, like peeling off layers of onion... We are no longer carefree. Worries worry us. Responsibilities make us responsible... Expectations expect from us. Pain pains us so... Then it becomes so difficult to wear that careless happy grin.
Yet we smile... Not the wide denture-flashing grin variety... Just a simple curve of the lips... For the dreams may have died and the fires of hope may no longer burn bright. But the embers are still warm in the hearts. And we hold them dear, never letting them extinguish... For without those embers, won't life become as cold as death itself...?
1 comment:
We are merely a butterfly shedding it's cocoon and evolving to something beautiful. However beauty is what we choose to shine in, and not one that can be measured by worldly standards.
Beautiful words bro...
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