Yesterday I was chatting with my sister...that itself is a daunting task...but still I tried to maintain my flow...she actually was waiting for someone...that friend had already left her home before 15 mins and was on her way to my residence. This topic inadvertently came across when she called her to ask where are you?
Flashback 15 years, imagine she calls....well, can she call? There were no mobiles then, but we had one virtue which we hadn’t lost-Patience, and moreover, we didn’t seek any instant gratification. We waited for things to happen in their own sweet time...And this is just a synecdoche, which can encompass many small things..for which we had patience to wait
• Buying your first car
• Buying your AC
• Going for movies after 4-5 weeks
• Many more examples
However, is patience good for the economy? Something to think about...
Credit growth will decline, people postponing their gratification will lead to fall in desire to purchase things and deny any sense of pleasure
So we do need fast life, where we earn and then spend whatever we earn...Savings decline will help boost in economy. Ok so what? There is no right answer as it depends on person to person
Just wrote this post after reading Kabir's Doha
Dhire dhire re mana, dhire sab kuch hoye
mali sinche sau gadha, hritu aaye fal hoye
Think about it...
2 comments:
Nice thoughts! actually something like this came across my mind some days back when I was watching old hindi film songs. They have a certain calmness about them, nobody is in a hurry. no rapid movements, ekdum aaram se gaane ga rahe hain.... i guess those times were different, unlike now, people didn't have a sense of urgency in everything and anything they do.
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