Sometimes I wonder if anything’s absolute anymore. Is there still right and wrong? Good and bad? Truth and lies? Or is everything negotiable, left to interpretation, grey?
I question the world and I question it frequently. I won’t argue that. But I strongly believe I have a reason to do so, unanswered questions that compel me to. Many a times I wonder whether people still believe in the truth, the truth that may be harsher than the harshest words, truth that may paint a picture of such negativity that the world seems completely unfair but also the truth that shows you the true picture, that does not disappoint, the one that cannot be changed in the moment.
No one promised you the world would be a happy place, that it will not test your spirit, your beliefs and your capacity. No one said that it will be a bed of thorn less roses. Life is not about being on a newly developed highway, life is about understanding the negatives, still hoping for the positive. Life is about taking on the challenge and defeating the reason that could be the reason for your defeat. Life is about understanding that if you are not true to yourself, you cannot be true to anyone.
The world is slowly becoming all about convenience, about the easy way out. People look for the narrow lane, the loophole they can take to advance. The white lie that will get them out of a sticky situation, the bribe that will save them some time. There is nothing wrong with finding a shorter way out, but does one need to forget the basics while doing so? The good and the bad, the right and the wrong, the truth and the lies. There is always going to be a right way to do something and a wrong way to do it too. You may debate the two out and tell me about a middle ground which you call the ‘grey area’ but then again you use it because it is convenient. Because it is too much of an effort to go on the right path and it has negative repercussions if you go on the wrong. You call it grey because it is safe, easy and less troublesome.
Life does not need to be negotiated, life is what you want it to be, life is on your terms, because your life is what is truly your own. No one has a right over it and no one but you can lose the right to it. Circumstances are almost never ideal, choices are not always right but what you make out of those is what will hold stead in the times to come. Is life about passing through the journey or is it about cherishing the journey when you stand at the end? You may take the right ground or the wrong one, you make choose to side with the truth or with the lies, but at least you have a ground; you have a belief you support.
I am no where saying there is an absolute truth or there is an absolute bad, that is a debate for another time, all I say is there does and must exist a distinction between the good and the bad, the noble and the evil, the truth and the lies, the right and the wrong.
Life is all about the choices you make, it is about the path you choose, the way you fight back. Life is about the beliefs you cherish and treasure, the ones that make you, you. A life without an absolute is a like a life on a path always unsure.
