The Tale of Oil and Water — Is it Just their Basic Chemistry?

How intricately is this world created! There is so much to learn and imbibe from those obscure things in life which leave a completely different impression on us, but, only after we get into the depth of it. It definitely does depend on how critically we think…. or are these mere elements of the world that keep us going? It is there, where we can think beyond, rationalize to the farthest and have a better aspect of life and our lifestyle. The relation of Oil and Water is what kindled such a thought in me.

Someone would say- “Why only Water and Oil? There are many other things that might inspire you!” This is what I’ve learnt: grasping and self-learning from and about anything near your vicinity, which could be something as basic as oil and water. Here’s some of those learnings:

1. Toxicity can just be a situational trait.

For a plain and simple being, at times it is just the situation that leaves him/her with no choice but to become toxic; just like water. When water enters hot oil, it is because if the water that it “ruptures” even after being a strong extinguishing agent. Again, changing your behaviour for the situation doesn’t make you wrong because after all you were between the hammer and the anvil.

2. No matter how genuine you are, you have to have a hard core in you OR some loved one of yours with the same

(not referring for having harsh feelings for someone, but just as a trait.)

Sometimes, even after being transparent and loyal, you get betrayed or are left behind with scars. In such situations, it is necessary to have someone headstrong. It is water which is , in times of extreme heat or times when it is ought to get unclean, protected by a layer of oil that either prevents it from evaporating or letting any particle enter it.

3. Sometimes non polarity is necessary.

It is okay if you and your siblings don’t get along well. It is okay if y’all fight all the time. It is in times of crisis when, even a silent cry would let them know how you feel. Similar to those situations that I mentioned above, oil and water could be fatal when they’re heated, but, again in the second situation when they’re kept together, they do not dissolve. It can just be “subconscious pretence for a good cause” for instance; you don’t really fight with your sibling willingly or pretend to do so, but sometimes people may mistake it as having “a bad sibling rapport” which may not be right in such times.

Some sights may change the way you think,
Some unsaid words, Some unseen plight,
Some situations might make you better,
It is just about the little effort that you take,
To make yourself better.

I, Preet Jhaveri, am signing off at this very note.