You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to sit down and pour your words of wisdom on the so very famous subject “Smoking is injurious to health”. Well let me give the other side of the coin (which of course for most of us doesn’t exist).
A simple cigarette can give you far more insights on the philosophy of life than any random book. Each and every cigarette is a prototype of life. As it burns, I can imagine myself burning myself in a scenario which I never desired. The lighting of the cigarette is similar to the zeal we had during our teenage to achieve something in life. Each puff burns out a part of cigarette. It marks out a remarkable similarity between the modern lives we live. The tensions of daily routines take away a certain level of liveliness from our body leaving behind a skeleton at the end of the day which is equivalent to ash since its of no further use. And as the bud left at the end of the cigarette struggles to keep itself kindled it reminds me of an old person struggling down the line in life just to be able to fulfil his daily basic routine.
However, all said and done the smoke that rises from the cigarette is an inspiration. As you struggle through life try to be the smoke that rises upwards always leaving the crowd behind. Don’t be the ash that remains behind. Struggle to enjoy and achieve something. And when the time will come for the bud stage we will at least leave the fragrance behind which will remind people of the things we achieved.
Be the smoke and not the ashes....
5 comments:
i have to share this..
life has been compared to a river(i wrote a poem on it in 9th std which my principal appreciated in assembly), novel(the lost pages), cigarette(ur thought), and maybe some day it will be compared to an orgasm( we jerk off to death..)
the case in point is life is as it is.. u may go up or stink at the bottom but whatever u do remember to wear the colon close bracket with pride..
and nothing can explain the pain that you go through not even your cigarette.. life is more than a puff..
by the way smoking still remains and will remain injurious to health..
good post.. :)
her fikr ko dhuen mein udata chala gaya :P
Is there a way to like comments ?
@snake: Like :)
@Chulbul: The smoke does rise but even before it reaches a certain height it becomes too thin to be visible.! Are you sure you want to be the smoke? :P
Anyways.. nice one and as naagu said, "SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH"
My favorite author once said, "I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder about the hours when a man sits alone, watching the smoke of a cigarette, thinking. I wonder what great things have come from such hours. When a man thinks, there is a spot of fire alive in his mind--and it is proper that he should have the burning point of a cigarette as his one expression."
That she had lung cancer is definitely a result of her choices.
All I had to say!
@Nagu & @charra aka major: the first line of blog was for u two :P
@pepe: Just loved yr comment too much :)
@gupta: I got that comment already..copy cat.. kuch to original kar zindagi me :P
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