Wednesday, March 21, 2012

FEELING TIRED


Very recently I heard an interesting phrase “tired of enjoying” and couldn’t resist myself from plunging into the mystery of finding its meaning. And so began the journey of unravelling its inner meaning.

The first thought that pervaded my mind was whether this hypothetical situation can ever arise in the real world. Wait a minute! If I am exclaiming it as hypothetical, then how on earth can it ever become a reality? But yet it did come true in a friends’ life and that is how I came to hear of it. So what it suggests is that even though what I define as hypothetical for my case it can actually be a reality for someone else. This indicates how different we all humans are even after being structurally similar, with our mind working in wondrous ways making it one of a kind. Every situation is dealt uniquely by every individual in order to converge at a result which may or may not be the same in a given scenario. So one of the conclusions I could draw was that we all have different temperament levels, different responses to emotions and situations, which made me feel freshly original in my own self.

Continuing with the thought process I was able to deduce another meaning of this beautiful phrase which proceeds as follows. In this life we all get tired at some point or another of something or another. But why in the first place do we get tired at all? I feel, it is only when one gets abundance of a particular thing, he feels exhausted. In different words what I insist is the fact that we all get tired of living a monotonous life wherein there is plenty of one particular entity which can either be “working”, “playing”, “studying” or in some cases “enjoying” (which I believe would be a rarity). So now that we have a clue as to why we feel tired there must exist a solution as well, which is quite evident from the deduced hypothesis that has been presented. If we get tired because of one thing then it is extremely important to not do just one thing and pursue a multitude of things. This is where another wonderful word “balance” comes into picture, which explains why it is important to not just mix various food nutrients in your daily diet giving you a balanced diet, but leading a “balanced life” which by definition means living through various activities. We must practice many activities and allocate time proportionally to each and every one such that an extreme condition never arises.

But did you really see what I did there! Let me explain if you were just skimming through the text and not thinking while reading. The usual conception of feeling tired is defined through the words “busy life” i.e. if one leads a busy life, keeping no time to one, one feels tired. And I on the other hand proved (I like to call it proved) it’s quite the contrary, and leading a busy and eventful life will never make you feel tired. But if seen from another angle the usual conception seems to be vague because it doesn’t define "busy" accurately. What I mean is that if that busy means busy doing one thing then both our conclusions match else they do not.
This presents another fascinating fact about our perception of the world which is “How superficial our conclusions are” and there is a need to put in great effort to restructure our conclusions of life by putting in a sincere effort, by thinking...

And all these words came to life because of one phrase “Tired of Enjoying”, which I am thankful to.

3 comments:

  1. So you wrote this, eh? :P ;)

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  2. Interesting..
    I strongly agree with the part where you suggest that keeping a balance of activities in our life will keep us from getting tired...however the portion where you 'prove' that staying busy and leading an eventful life will not make us tired is fallace as a true balance will include rest and time for oneself too...
    I believe its true that one can get 'tired of enjoying' because everything is valued and appreciated only when its scarce...so too much of enjoying will be monotonous...and the same would apply for almost everything probably, thus keeping a mix of all sorts of activities will be beneficial
    And i must say this knowing you personally as well, that you really get inspired by almost anything but yet meaningfully
    Nice thought

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  3. Thanks Prakhar, and I guess I really missed out on clarifying one important aspect which must be done now. Throughout the article i considered "tiring" to be a metaphor for being mentally tired i.e. loosing interest basically and I never intended it to be confused with being physically tired, which I feel is actually a good thing for any individual, since one will get a good night sleep (rest) after that as you rightfully mentioned. I hope i have made myself clear now, and thanks for pointing the fact out.

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