Values

Talked to Mama at length today after so long. It was wonderful. We spoke of so many things, one of them being your values. The things you learn from your parents, the things that you learn/not learn as you grow up (experience life), the things that make you who you are. The thing that makes you.

It is the thing that stops you from doing wrong or permits you to accept that it is alright to do a wrong. Sometimes, they make us realize it after the deed is done. and often never. We often call it "ethics".

Our values are something personal and each of us has a different set depending upon our personal, good or bad experiences.

When two people have similar values, they will get along more than say someone who has completely different values.

Values bring us closer to certain people and they are the ones that take us miles away from the person standing in front of us.

Values make us behave the way we do, when no one is watching us.

Fear

Having wordly discussions with Mama makes me think about individual words quite often now. So when I was watching Lage Raho Munnabhai the other day, this scene caught my attention.



The word is "fear". The thing that begins in our mind with "what if...".

Why do we fear?

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Updated: December 28, 2009

It is because sometimes we are afraid to lose what we have... our people, our freedom, our comfort, our material happiness, our possessions, etc.

It is because we are too comfortable in the given situation and the new change seems impossible thus prevents us from moving forward.

It is because our thoughts are influenced by someone else, we trust the fears of people around us and go along with believing them. If 9 out of 10 people said I could learn how to ride a bike, I might. If 1 out of 10 people said I could NOT learn how to ride a bike, I will never. Of course, this is if and when I listen to this one person.

It is because we don't know what future is going to bring, there is the fear of unknown. It is easy to be doubtful and it is difficult to trust, specially when there is no or less familiarity. We have imaginary fears.

And then there is fear of death, above all.

Ziggy: Life