i have only come to realise the true meaning of this saying recently. till now it was just an expression for me.....an expression that i used while being asked very often by the highly philosopical group of friends that i love to hang around with.....that life is but a journey that every one will end some day.and it is the only truth in life.
my father passed away recently and when we took him for his cremation , after all his last rites were performed his once full of life body now lies still and cold ready to be put for his cremation into the electric furnace. as his body was taken in and the shutter closes behind i felt it was like i was sending him off into another world after he ended a journey in this. it was a sight i would never forget..... the loneliness , that i felt for him cannot be put into words here and yet it is a journey that we all have to take and we have to take alone.......it set me thinking then why is there so much of hypocricy, so much of restlessness , so much of want, so much of pride in us. when oneday we all have to take the same journey.....irrespective of caste . creed , relegion.....only the way might be different....but all leading to the same destination.... death . so lets try to remember this truth in life and try to make this world a better place to live in .....in our own small ways.
