Sabya on Life, Happiness etc.

Regarding life happiness etc, I was reminded of something I wrote
in my diary…hope it makes sense

“It is sick the way society around a child perverts its state of
constant happiness and curiosity to induce worry and concern. A child
does not care about questions like whether he is happy or not (am I
happy? is this what I am supposed to do now/ in my life?). He does
what is right in front of him. always by being in the present he
avoids absurd existential questions. I should not ask myself those. of
course a child is happy when he gets a toffee. He does what he is told
for a toffee. But that is not the sole point of his existence nor is
it in his mind constantly. Sometimes, to a child running around in
circles is more important than a toffee.

I remember I was happiest when as a kid I used to do my experiments
breaking things and taking them apart. Just to see what happened if I
did this or that. What happens if you heat grape pulp? I was not an
excellent performer in the class. (In fact, except for two rare cases
I never even held a top 3 position. and never a top position.) I had
an acute sense of wanting to know everything about everything which
was destroyed by the unabashed mugging and rat race for grades. The
point is, I should stop caring about topping and start caring more
about learning. I should make it my first priority to learn new
things.”

…fuck others bay…fuck others who have scheduled out their lives
month by month, year by year till the next decade…we are young …
and there is everything to live for….we can experiment with our
lives and we’ll will be okay even if we fuck up…because we are
young…don’t do anything because the whole world is doing that (on the other hand, that may be a sign to get the hell away from that) (stop:rambling)
follow the beat of the different drum

- These wise words from a dear friend Sabya in a mail response to my usual frustrations. sabya24@gmail.com (posted here without his permission)

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