Life's worth

One very important question which has always intrigued me is that what's the worth of my life ? What's the thing(s) in this world for which i can give my life for ? I am sure different people might have their different opinions , but then i was never sure of mine.

The first thing which comes to my mind and which has been the famous of all has been :"love"

Lot of people in history have sacrificed their lives for their love. Even in fiction be it "Romeo Juliet" or "Titanic" saga. people have sacrificed their life for love. Even in real world not only have i heard such examples from history , but even from real life, i have heard of a few. But the question which keeps killing me is that what's the reason we can lay our lives for love if we cant find it after being dead.I don't believe there can be any love once i have given up my life. Sacrificing and doing stuff for love makes sense to me till any level you are alive. Even if your love remembers you for the rest of the life once you are dead would only cause pain and misery... I do totally understand why people do lay down their lives for their loved ones .. but ... i still feel that love can only be between to people. living happily together.

The next one which comes to my mind is "nation". Being from a defence background , i totally understand how a lot of soldiers just sacrifice their lives trying to protect their motherland. Even though, they did have families, love etc .. they happily agree to sacrifice their lives. Does this mean love for motherland is greater then love for family ? I still dont know .. But i do feel such brave people do certainly deserve a lot more than mere respect....

Next in my list is the "nothing" .. for the ones who feel that their life is worth nothing now and there's not much that it can be done to improve upon it.Well , i think, it can be true for some people , but for most of them it can't be true. Agreed, nt all can be fighters in their life, but giving up life just because you think its worth nothing now doesnt make much sense to me. Every time i fail in my life i think that there's always something better coming up .. and hence, the very aspect of surprises in life keeps me alive.

There are a lot of other things which a life can be worth of. Some say , i'll give my life if i achieve this , or my life's worth is blah blah money .. but i think .. life is precious ..its not worth anything and its worth everything .. it might be easy or difficult .. it might be fun or sad , it might be a roller coaster ride or a smooth ferry .. but for everyone with a life .. its worth something .. more than we estimate it to be ...more than we can ever estimate it to be,, and i feel that's the fun of it.. Living it is the best thing that could have happened.

Signing off.

Knokke : A quiet colourful place

Knokke( pronounced as ka-no-kka) is a very old place on the north east of Belgium famous for its white sand beaches. From Brussels it takes a 1.5 hour train journey through Brugge to reach this lovely place.I reached their around afternoon and the first thing which touched me was the cool air free of any kind of pollution. As i walked towards to the beach, a lovely lady helping me to find the way, i was amazed to see how colorful the city was. I could see colors everywhere in the city, be it the well maintained gardens outside the houses , the local admin buildings or even the streets. There were flowers and colors all around.The town seemed to have a quiet afternoon and there was no hush and gush of cities.Even the cars seemed to be muted.As i reached the vast white sand beach which had few takers in the chilly afternoon , i could see some boats sailing in the sea and the waters hitting the shores with total ease. There seemed to be absolutely no rush in anything at all , much to my surprise. Even the shores back in India seem to have water hitting the shores so hard as if there was some kind of race going on. Seagulls patrolled the shores without fear and one of them almost sat next to me when the sun came out. I did manage to find some vegan food and the waitress was both beautiful and courteous :) . As we continued our search for more places, presence of a casino in Knokke was something which surprised me, but it being a tourist place somehow justifies it as well. A pleasant surprise was though the Annual Cartoon festival being organized in the town with more than 100 cartoons from all over the world covering life, politics, religion , sports etc. It was a great exhibition of thought and skill. While leaving back , inspite of being served some chilled air, a sense of calmness flew past me and i could see how easy life can become at times when you tend to stop thinking complexities. If peace is what we ultimately look for in the latter half of the life , it can still be done without having to be restless the rest of the life.

Signing Off .

Eurotrip ...

Finally .. my long awaited wish .. the Eurotrip .. begins .. I am here not because i liked Europe or because i wanted to go abroad .. but because after going through a lot in my life .. i wanted 3 months of my life .. where i had no obligations to think about .. no goals to achieve ..no one to think about but me . I wanted to have some time where i dont have any past or future in my head but just the present to be lived. These 84 days are one last chance for me to live as much freely as i can ... and i know that .. and i hope i can do that ..

I am not here to run away or get a feel /.. but probably just be me .. someone even i havent seen in years ..

I hope it all turns out great ..!!