She wakes up early in the morning at the crack of dawn or even earlier, and thus begins her busy busy day. First task of the day is to wake up the other slumbering members of the family, still snoring away even as the sun peeks up to say hello.So with a twitch of her nose and a wag of her tail she gets down to work.
Fifteen minutes later everyone's awake and getting ready for office and school. Meanwhile she outside in the veranda basking in the morning sun. Soon the gardener comes around and she leaves for her morning walk.
Skip a bit of the day and her breakfast is done. Satisfied, she settles down in her bed as the others scramble out of the house leaving her on her own for the next four hours. However the knowledge that she's going to be alone doesn't faze her, as she knows that they'll be back.
Her life may seem very simple and many may find it confining, not being allowed in certain parts of the house, having a restricted diet, scolded for making too much noise etc etc. its literally the life of a dog for Daisy. Still she's content and why is that so? Because she belongs, she fits into out family perfectly like a tree in a forest or like the missing piece in a puzzle.
And in that lies the secret to contentment at very least, if not complete happiness. Many of life's struggles come down to this one thing, the desire to fit in, to have a place where you feel you belong, where you are a part of a whole rather than a left out piece of some forgotten puzzle. our need for family, for friends to trust is once again the need to belong, to fit in. Quests for love are once again like searches for that one person with whom you can 'click', the person who can make you feel 'complete', or rather different as in adding newer sides to your personality... complete seems to cliched. The concept of two people one heart, soul-mates etc? All have the same underlying concept. Of course its not easy to find the place where you belong, the puzzle where you can fit in and help complete the picture.
Money, power and fame, these are all but temporary, as are their effects. Money can't buy you your family or friends, at least not true friends. Power, it is also temporary. You may be able to get hundreds of men jump to your whims one day, but you may be jumping at others commands the next. Even the most powerful emperors didn't rule forever and many lie in forgotten crypts with their bones turned to dust , as all memories and even myths about their exploits fade into oblivion. Same goes for celebrity, today almost everyone may know actor ABC, but what about 50-60 years down the line? Very few, if any at all will remember the existence of this current superstar. Worst thing is that many people sacrifice so many things to attain these 'coveted' surrogates for other more meaningful things in life. So i have to ask, whats the point of having sacrificed love and belonging to attain a 'permanent' place in the halls of history, when the halls itself are ever changing and nothing stays there forever? Why remain adrift like pieces of driftwood in an ocean, buffeted by its tempests and having to face its storm alone?
In the end i guess it all comes down to one question, would you be a piece fitting well into its mosaic, or a lone wolf, forever hunting, never resting? Of course its not a picture of pure black and white, there are shades of gray in between, and those who can fit into these grays, who can strike a comfortable balance, they are probably best off. As for me however, i'd rather fit in somewhere, be another petal in the flower, and find comfort in the company of those i love and care about, friends, family... a soul-mate...
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