For Those Who Love Kite Flying
“LIFE”… What’s life? Its a simple four alphabet word right? but that it is only at the apparent level, when we begin exploring it a bit further and deeper we get to see its complexities.
The other evening, I was sitting at my terrace with a cup of tea, looking at the sky, which was filled with colourful kites having different pattern on them. Some were flying high up in the sky, while others were a little lower and appeared larger in size.
I forgot to drink my tea, I guess my thoughts were soaring high with those kites, and I remembered Connor’s one of the famous quotes.
Life is like a kite you just never know
hold on to the string and never let go,
bit by bit you fly up high,
the more you let go the higher you fly (John F Connor)
The nature of ‘Human life’ and that of a kite is so much alike. Everyone is in possession of a different one, different in colour, different in shape, size… and everyone’s way of handling it is also different.
Some of the individuals think that holding onto it tight will help controlling it, while others are of the view that it should be given freedom to go higher and higher, so that nobody could dare to compete with it. there is also another type of people who fly a kite just to through one’s hat in the ring, they only feel joy by cutting others’ kites. People often end up with cuts on their fingers, because of holding the thread too tight. Its also a fact that kite in the sky is dependant on the wind, if the wind turns into storm the kite can no longer keep its pace.
Our lives are ultimately dependant upon the Will of God. No matter how hard we try, if God doesn’t want something to happen, it’s never gonna happen.
All of us are blessed with a contrasting life having uniqueness in every single aspect. Some people have high ambitions, extraordinarily high expectations from life, they put extra efforts to reach elevations, ignoring their family and friends and even their health and well-being. When they achieve great heights, they find themselves ending up alone there. No enjoyment, no fun. All their exertions and achievements fail to make them happy.
For them, I must suggest:
“Don’t be too hard about controlling life,
Don’t be effertless too, be responsible!”
Those who aims at other’s failures more than their victory, never live their own life. Until they realize this, it’s already too late.
There are also people who remain disgruntled with their life. They continue complaining about their problems, limited resources, nagging family, demanding friends, tough job etc etc. (just like a kite flyer contend the size, paper quality, thread, color of kite), instead of being thrilled about having one, and having a chance of upgrading it.
“Accept uniqueness of life miseries, all of them have some”
Then comes those type of people who’ve master the art of kite flying. They have gone through the thick and thins and have understood the real meaning of life. They do their best and leave the rest upon God. Therefore, the little setbacks of life do not pull them down, they are able to cherish the small moments of life. Their soul aim is to surround with and spread happiness.
One thing is common among all kite flyers is that notwithstanding the size, colour, texture, or quality of their kite, they do not leave the thread themselves until its cut by other kites. They still hold on. Similarly, in our lives no matter how tough the time last, how hurtful we may feel, how miserable the present looks, how much dark the future appears. Human beings keep on struggling because we are all born with the Faith that every turmoil will be over one day. Every cloud has a silver lining. We have God in ourselves, our Hopes never die, God within us never dies.
