Keep it light
Good times come and go.
So do bad ones.
Good health comes and goes.
So does bad health.
Pockets full come and go.
So do pockets empty.
Employment comes and goes.
So does unemployment.
Good thoughts come and go.
So do bad ones.
Friends and enemies.
Victories and defeats.
Moods.
Fortunes.
Battles.
And so it is with all things, and all beings.
And in its simplicity, the coming and going is a thing of beauty, of wonder, even of delight!
At the end of the school marathon, one day, Monty said, "Magnanimity in victory, resilience in defeat!"
Memory or the internet can tell me who originated the sentence, but to me, Monty said it.
"Agar halka mehsoos ho, to karo!", said Mr Pande many years later, "agar bhaari-pan lage, to na karo."
(If you feel a lightness, then do it; if it seems to weigh you down, don't do it.)
ਕਬੀਰ ਬੇੜਾ ਜਰਜਰਾ ਫੂਟੇ ਛੇਂਕ ਹਜਾਰ ll ਹਰੂਏ ਹਰੂਏ ਤਿਰਿ ਗਏ ਡੂਬੇ ਜਿਨ ਸਿਰ ਭਾਰ ll
(Kabeer beda jarjaraa phoote chhenk hajaar ll Harue harue tiri gaye doobe jin sir bhaar ll)
"Kabeer the ferry was dilapidated, it sprung a thousand holes. The lighter ones swam across, the ones with laden heads drowned."
(-Guru Granth Sahib)
Sail easy.
(Happy birthday, Tiffy! Way to go, son!)
