Monday, 14 January 2008
The old and the new
Today is Bhogi...the day for disposing off the old and receiving the new. If only we do this religiously...our house will be a heaven. I have been struggling for the last 15 days to dispose off old papers..always there is a lingering fear that I might dispose off some important papers in the process...of course I have not touched these papers for at least ten years...still the fear lingers. What do I do ? Simply "postpone" the decision. Whenever we cannot take a decision (or we have to take a decision) the simple solution is to Postpone....I wish I am ruthless as we were when we moved to Magnolia Annex from Malhar. We had "thrown" even a refrigerator !!!! OK....I may take sometime disposing off the unwanted junk from our house...but should I bring something new today. NO...unless there is a compelling reason for buying anything new, I would not like to go for it now....I am not going to sell my car and buy a new one either, even though the child in me tells me that I should still go for a Honda City...I should now start preparing for my "retirement", keep less luggage with me. The child in me tells me that I should buy a LCD TV at least..should I ? Why not invest that money in Reliance Power ? Aha !!! I am also talking about investments, about which I did not know anything a few months ago....everyone tells me that I should first throw my cell phone (Philips !!!) and buy a new one...should I do that on this Bhogi day. Probably I should throw my laptop too ....get a light weight laptop (is this responsible for my tennis elbow??)...At the end of the day, I did not throw anything and did not buy anything....the bonding with the old is so much that I decided to keep them for some more time....I did not CELEBRATE Bhogi!!!! My house is still a heaven...with old.........(fill up the blanks)
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2 comments:
Yes that makes me think...i didnt throw anything....My problem is should is recycle my tv for 100$ (half the orginal price) or dispose it of in trash???
Who said that the old things are to be discarded or replaced. Bhogi is a function on that day you thing of good things and forget past folly. Now our people treat that day for discarding old materials from the house.
When ever your work with the material is over you can think of discarding it or keeping it for ever. After keeping things with out any purpose and then think of its utility is showing your judging capacity.
One thing you should be very strict - if you want to discard it do it and don't think of that later. If you require the same at a later date you just try and get it at that time if it is available.If it is not available just forget it.
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