Let’s shed away the old decaying skin...
Human life is in constant flux. Anybody who is born on this earth today is bound to perish on a designated day as well. It is not possible to keep the picture of life cast in a single frame away from the ravages of time. Every day brings an opportunity of a new beginning.
Holding on to the past is not advisable as we can not turn the clock and reverse the sequence of events that happened with us in the past. But on a daily basis, we should introspect and ponder over the follies we committed wittingly or unwittingly.
While expanding on the semantics of human life Plato, an erudite Greek scholar states that we should give priority to the qualitative aspect of our life over the quantitive one. He is of the opinion that it is always better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.
Leading a quality life is absolutely in the hands of human beings as nature has not given this privilege to cogitate to the animals. Only the humans have been endowed with this faculty of contemplation and deep delectations. From time to time snakes too shed their old decaying skin and replace it with fresh skin. Therefore, every day with the crack of the dawn arrives an occasion to shed away our old skin that reeks of the stench of enmity, hatred, greed and jealousy and to replace it with the fresh skin of universal love, brotherhood, compassion and positive attitude.
There is indeed a deep symbolism in the snake analogy which brings home the message that we need to ponder over the past and alter our attitude to life. Undeniably it is our attitude that determines our altitude. So, let us learn to live for others by lifting the fallen, restoring the broken and healing the wounded. There is a dire need to bring the change within. The changes at the surface level with the aid of the cosmetics are neither needed nor do they last long. It is futile to visit a temple with a vengeful heart. Let our inner life force be our temple and act as a lighthouse with the help of which we can behold truth, beauty and good all around. Those who understand this simple mantra, they not only set an example for others but their own lives become absolutely blissful also.
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