Reminiscences

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Reminiscences are the off-springs of isolation. No second thought invades in the realm of mind when surrounded by people, but whilst surrounded by solitary silence, a rail of reminiscences passes by mind containing goods from olden days: some spoken, some mute, some irksome, some calm, some beautiful and some ugly. This moment it drifts by with a snap on a smooth track of mind and the other, slows down to pass through its narrow lane. 

It drags us down the memory lane of childhood spent in a small countryside, playing innocent games with siblings somewhere in the porch of a large house encircled with green fields. These heavenly images of careless infancy days under the cool shadow of elders begin to take silhouettes out of the winter’s fog. Sometimes it carries on an expedition of adolescence whilst so many dreams swim in our eyes as rainbow of monsoon, although, we don’t know if they were going to be brighter or would fade away with the dust of time. We just keep on floating in the cool breeze of peers’ company. And here we are, with memories of responsible adulthood- fresh and warm as a dazzling sunlight of summer, which makes every picture translucently clear, revealing the bitter truth of the mercenary world.

The rays of them reach us with a smile of sunrise and also bring tears in the eyes with arrival of dusk. Some cast a veil on reasoning to leave us in utter chaos, while some others take us off into a beautiful and serene world like a sprinkle of water on a simmering pan.

Nevertheless, these sweet and sour reminiscences fill the blank space in our life and provide an insight to comprehend good deeds as well as committed errors in the past. They acquaint us with our well-wishers as well as with opponents. The same insight gives birth to deep thoughts too: positive and negative. But do they all leave the same effects on our mind? Butterflies of multi-colored thoughts can’t be held for long. No sooner you open your palm, they fly away. Despite of that, an effort can be made to curb them, as introspecting on positive thoughts is far better than reflecting on ugliness of existence.

But it’s human nature to lament on merely the adversaries of life which dwell on your mind like a vicious enemy instead of preserving the treasure of pleasant thoughts. However, you can’t filter their amalgamation. One ought to be honest with them as they reflect the true image in the mirror of mind and make us realize where we all exist.