the life as it is
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Tanya Krishna
The Life As It Is!!
As said by George Bernard Shaw, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating
yourself.” Life never waits and never gives second chances. And so, human beings are expected
to live a life that is not regretful and is full of passion. The two essays, i.e., “The Death of the
Moth” by Virginia Woolf and “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and me” by Sherman
Alexie gives a real picture of how life can be as beautiful as we would want it to be.
In the essay, “The Death of the Moth”, the author takes a tiny insignificant creature in order to
describe the real essence of life. Such a small creature is so content with his short spanned life
and lives his life to the fullest. I believe that every life is bestowed upon with some purpose. And
the moth fulfills the purpose of his life, be it just flying across the room from one corner to
another. He performs his duty with full commitment.
“Every man dies. Not every man really lives.”
By: William Ross Wallace
The statement, “The possibilities of pleasure seemed so enormous and so various that to have
only a moth’s part of life, and a day moth’s at that appeared a hard fate, and his zest in enjoying
his meager opportunities to the full, pathetic” makes me feel the real essence of life that is shown
through a moth. Life of a moth that is so small is in itself a hard fate that no human being can
even imagine to live such a life. And the moth lives that life to the fullest, leaving no regrets
behind, and ultimately accepts the death! The eagerness and willingness of the moth to enjoy this
meagre opportunity is really commendable. To a human being for whom such a vast life too is
less, this life of the moth is pathetic and does not mean much. But with the same life, a moth
brings out the full essence of life and also becomes an epitome of a great life which is wished for
by all humankind. This is the true nature of life which is showcased by a moth; what he can do
he does it. And after fulfilling his purpose of life, he fades down and ultimately surrenders to
death.
Unlike human beings who are always on a look out for excuses so as to get away from
responsibilities and for the faults in their life, the moth lives a life of satisfaction and finally
surrenders to death without regrets and complains. On the contrary, the human beings have a fear
of death and could never surrender to death with full satisfaction and happiness.
Relating to the same vigil and positivity for life, I came across this other statement, “I refused to
fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.” From the essay “The Joy of Reading and Writing:
Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie which is a story of a boy who is living on the Spokane
Indian Reservation in eastern Washington state. He was poor and was always expected to be
silent. Though he learned to read at an early age, being an Indian boy living on reservations, in
spite of being a prodigy he was nothing more than oddity. In a Gender biased society of
America, he was always expected to remain quiet while the Americans were supposed to move
ahead. But this boy refused to fail, and stay back! He was arrogant; he was smart and never
accepted the defined status for him and his family. He challenged his fate and embraced the
difficulties of life as it came by. He never bent down in front of the atrocities of life. He always
stood up for his rights and ultimately made his life worth living and now that he is a writer, these
high society privileged people are reading his novels, stories and poems. Writing was something
beyond Indians in those times and yet he is a known writer now.
As I went through these essays, it suddenly struck my mind how I, in the early phase of my life
always had immense problems with my life, sometimes from my family and sometimes outside
the family. I never gave my full myself to overcome that hurdle unlike the moth who fought with
the situations to overcome the negativity of life and finally when he gave himself to death, he
was fully contented and satisfied with his life. But when I actually realized the worth of this life,
my life became my very own. And now that I know what the value of life is, that life is really
great keeping aside the duration of the same- whether short or long. Each moment is to be lived
to the maximum so as to die without regrets and welcome the death happily.
This reminds me of times when I was in my 10th grade. I was a kid but life then too was not at all
simple and easy going. I was the class representative and captain of one of the school houses and
that made me a member of the school cabinet and one of the favourites of the teachers. All this
does sound fancy; but there is the other hard part of this rosy picture. One of the groups
including my ex-best friend in my class used to envy me and used to do everything possible so as
to degrade my record as a class captain. From the very beginning, I was a person who hates
hostile surrounding and I tried by all means to get the things right, but all in vain. But this never
shattered me but on the contrary, made me even stronger. There was always a benevolent force
somewhere within me telling me that there is no reason to be afraid of, whatsoever. And as of
now, the same class mates came forward after a long 3 years to talk to me and for admitting that
it was foolish of them to do that because of such silly reason. And this made that force within me
stronger.
As said by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you
perform, the better.” And that’s what I make sure to do. Not thinking about the consequences, I
prefer living in the moment. Life not only is about living in the moment but also making each
moment worth living. As the boy in our second reference reading, we should fight against all
odds and move forward so as to have a greater command over our life. Compromising with the
situations and trying to stay happy and contented with whatever is being levied upon us is not the
right option to opt for. There has to be a way or one should think of a way to come over the
negativity faced in life. Silent spectator in the world can never survive with dignity and self
respect and they are ultimately quashed by the world.
I was never so encouraged by my family to take up “journalism” as a career option, and not even
my choice of “political science” as honours course for graduation was much encouraged. I was
expected to go for “MBA” as my carrier option by my parents. But I never gave away to that
pressure and convinced my parents and family for what was good for me. Even for some minute
episodes in my life, I knew how to alter the situation and divert it to my privilege, and that’s how
each and every individual should and must work towards their goals and achieve what is best for
them in every sense. Every person has this great force within them that is always present to guide
you and provide you with ample energy required, the need is to let that force come up so as to
lead you to what is best for you.
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