ATTACHED (Part II)

This incident opened my eyes to a fact which most of us ignore or just don’t realize.

We get “ATTACHED”

Attachment could be to anything living, non living, dead or alive and there nothing wrong with it. The problem starts when you lose something to which you are attached.

You try your best to get it back, without thinking of any alternative or replacement. You lose yourself and your rational thinking. The more you go in search for it, the more it eludes you…..
It’s like sand in your clenched fist …the harder you try to clench your fist the faster it escapes from between your fingers.....

But do we ever ask ourselves these questions:
“Am I searching for it because I need it, or because I am attached to it???”

“Can’t I look for an alternative and be happy??”

“Was that thing really so good and indispensable that I can’t manage without it???”

I was attached to my data cable. So attached, that the thought of replacing it didn’t cross my mind. I never introspected that “do I really need it?”It was not the need which really mattered; it was the fear of losing it.

Let go of this fear and you will feel free……

By now, you’ll must be wondering why am I so obsessed with this data cable and why am I boring you with this topic….

Try applying the same "ATTACHMENT" principle to human relations and your loved ones……you’ll understand why….

ATTACHED (Part I)

I rifled through my laptop bag like a mad man, and then I emptied the cupboard shelves. I then walked to the living room sabotaged it, followed by the kitchen and the sit out but ‘IT’ was nowhere to be seen. I was a ‘man on a mission’. After loitering around here and there and having made many futile attempts, my journey ended where it had commenced .I started exploring the cupboard again.

I reached out for something kept on the upper shelf and accidently sent a showpiece kept next to it crashing to the floor. Before it completed its journey to the floor, it extracted its revenge on me by hurting my foot. I wasn’t sure what pissed me off more – the wound or the mess that I would have to clean up. Nevertheless I continued with my quest of finding what I needed most at that moment – a ‘DATA CABLE’.

Yes, a ‘DATA CABLE’ the same old technological advancement which helps humans to transfer trivial and non trivial things from one gizmo to another gizmo. I had downloaded a latest chartbuster song from one of the free sites and now I needed it desperately on my mobile .By now I had already turned my entire flat upside down but still wasn’t in a mood of giving up. Just then, in the midst of all this chaos my roommate came and kicked my ass as hard as he could.

“You bonehead, what do you think you are doing???”He said followed by a few more cuss words.

I sheepishly looked at him and said “I was looking for my data cabl……” before I could finish I got another kick.

“You moron….you vandalized the entire flat just for a piece of wire…are you nuts!!!!” he said with a few more F and A words

“You could have taken mine….”

This took me by surprise. How come this never occurred to me?
I retaliated by saying “But I wanted mine….”

“Are you married????”...he asked with a hint of taunt…

“What???”

“No, I mean are you married to that wire…….”was his reply...

“Absolutely not, and by the way I needed it urgently because I wanted to transfer this song….”was my defence,although not convincing enough.

“Which song???”

To my surprise, I didn’t even remember the name of the sang which I wanted to transfer…..

“I don’t remember the name...”

“Oh great…you wrecked the entire flat for a piece of wire…which already had a substitute…and you don’t even know what you need it for…..”
“May I know the reason for such irrational behavior???”

I didn’t know what to reply…..I resorted by saying…. “Maybe I was ATTATCHED to it..........”

To be continued……