Paradox

"What are you after in life, Priya? Deep down, are your most intimate desires satisfied by the kind of work you have decided to do? The little problems you encounter in your professional life this week could be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Take a look around you to see just how much the work you do, and how much the people in your personal life take into account your profoundly spiritual nature."

No one is preaching to me. These were my astrological predicions for the day. More than just satisying my naive curiosity, today's prediction has actually forced me to think.

There has been a lot of change happening at my workplace. Lot of people whom i had been working with for the past 3 years have left. Now we are just a group of three instead of the original 35. This just gives me a feeling of stagnation. A rather sedantry work life.

If no change is equivalent to being stable or steady then that is what my work life promises to be. In our lives, aren't we all trying to settle down or stabilize somewhere ? Then why does the current stability in my work hurt me so much ? Why do i crave for change ? Why should i ask for a bit of perturbance ?

Paradoxical desires !!!

Answer to the final question ??

I have a habit of jotting down quotes, questions, statements, ... rather any kind of utterance made by people, if i find them interesting and stimulating. Presently i have a substantial collection of such jottings. When i was going through my office papers, i chanced upon this specific statement:

"A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how'. "

Simple yet profound !!! Perhaps the answer to the ultimate question :-)

Insults

As the last week was dedicated to words used as insults in a famous mailing list on "words" , i added 6 new words to my very own "insults" dictionary :-)
Added to that one of the members of the mailing list provided this nice link which displays insults from Shakespeare's works.

Shakespearean Insults

Another member of the same mailing list reproached the entire idea. And as a mark of disapproval removed herself from the list. She had felt "insulted" being a part of such a mailing list.

And me, on the other hand, felt quite excited about improving my vocab. :-)