Granted…

Wish.. we all do.. for different things – more money, a better life, that prized job, with which we think our life would become a little better than what it is now, momentarily or for a lifetime… and like always, we forget what has been granted to us without asking, and what we have taken for granted…
a loving set of parents, a good education,food when we are hungry, shelter when we need it, a lifestyle that is comfortable, money to take care of our needs, all senses intact, a couple of arms and a couple of legs, enough of thinking ability to enjoy a good book, a taste for good music and good food..
and while taking this for granted we also assume a lot of things – from the newspaper and milk being delivered in the morning to our surviving the day… that we will not fall sick, that the vehicle will not conk, that nothing will rock our personal or professional boat, that a natural disaster will not befall our peaceful existence, that we have all this because we deserve to…..
and also in between there are some moments when we take a look out of our coccooned world, and see others’ version of reality, a life where survival itself is the biggest victory, and then we wonder… at least for sometime..
until next time, what if you could grant wishes…..

Comments

29 responses to “Granted…”

  1. blokes Avatar
    blokes

    granted- thy name is gratitude:)

  2. Nupur Avatar
    Nupur

    🙂 Trying something that you already do sooooo well. But now there is a word limit. The challenge awaits at moi blog!

  3. A Cynic in Wonderland Avatar
    A Cynic in Wonderland

    You have been tagged manuscyrpts!

    cheerio

  4. manuscrypts Avatar
    manuscrypts

    ash: yup, but a nature thats wasnt so till sometime back..

    blokes: thats a good one 🙂

  5. manuscrypts Avatar
    manuscrypts

    nupur: sawed it 😀

    cyn: thats a sin… i’ve retired from active storytelling ..lol

  6. Prerona Avatar
    Prerona

    parna – i wud. i have. not a million – but ten grands 🙂 and i was in school then – 10,000 and the highest i’d ever earned was 500

  7. Pallavi Avatar
    Pallavi

    If wishes were true… pigs would fly.. but it still does not stop us from wishing

  8. manuscrypts Avatar
    manuscrypts

    prerona: hmmm, i guess some of us think and some of us do… i have learnt that when we feel that strong emotion, we should contribute then and there.. the moment we start rationalising, it becomes a lost cause…

    pallavi: for us, or others??

  9. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    hmm
    austere

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