Stop and Live

Jul 3
NabanitaDhar
Stop and listen,
Stop and see,
Stop and breathe,
STOP and LIVE!

But it is so hard to Stop, isn’t it? It’s practically impossible to stop and deviate from this mundane routine we have grown to know as life! But is it that difficult really? Think about it. What if I perish from this world tomorrow? What then? All the plans and investments for the future, what good would they be of anyway? So shouldn’t I stop? Infact shouldn’t we all stop and actually live for a change? So I don’t know about you, but I sure need to make more time.

I need to stop and take in the scent of the fresh air sweet. I need to get wet and play in the rain. I need to laugh with my loved ones. I need to witness the everyday miracles on this earth. But for all of these I need to make time!

I need to walk bare feet on a white sandy beach. I need to see the waves recede. I need to feel the chill of the winter wild. I need to play with the snow. So shouldn’t I make time for all of these?

I need to read all the stories in every great book ever written. I need to write my story too. I need to just stop and listen to my heart beat. I need to see the sweet smiles that make me complete. Yes, for all these and more I need to make time!

I need to LIVE and that would be my life’s greatest feat! I need to make each moment simple yet a serene treat. 

I need to listen to each of my heart’s whispers. I need to watch the sun set. I need to see the starry skies. I need to write those unwritten poems. All this and more, much precious than some code flow!

I need to stop running a race where the finish line forever recedes. I need to make time to smell the neglected rose growing in my balcony. I need to make time for myself. I am precious too you know. I need to make time for my desires and put my employer’s desires on the back-burner for a change. I need to make time for people whose lives would stop if mine would.

I need to stop, look around and take in as much as I can before it’s too late. I need to LIVE for its not every day that the realization of life whirling away dawns! So will you join me? Will you STOP and LIVE too? Will you?


This post is part of #ThatTuesdayThingy an initiative by the #IndiBlogeshwaris.

46 thoughts on “Stop and Live”

  1. First things first……….where is the picturesque place?

    And you have just about summed all of us life's dilemmas. What a wonderful rendition!

  14. you know Nabanita after I read this.. I actually stopped.. felt as though I really needed to take a break.. and very nice post.. 🙂

  16. Sometimes I do take too long a pause…but, I love it. I also like it when the day just passes by. And, you have written this aptly.

  17. I wish to pause so much but just can't find the time.. but I will! Thanks for reading Janaki 🙂

  18. That's been on my mind for long Naba, it has been a mundane mechanical life for too long… So i have decided to take a break and just like that I'm taking off for 5 days… 5 glorious days of living and hopefully when I come back from the vacation I'll stop once in a while to breathe and enjoy life 🙂

  19. Beautiful Nabanita. Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury to stop and smell the roses. So usually I do these things in my mind…and that too at working time 😀 My poor employer thinks I am working when I am wondering about stupid things. 😀

  20. So well written ! We must stop to savor the small things ! Yes I do stop at times to live and I love it !

  21. Indeed! Stop, savor and live. Why wait for some day to dawn? I must tell you that I am doing exactly that :).

  24. Well its a start, isn't it? even if its just in the mind 🙂

    Thanks for visiting the blog Pankti !

  25. Thanks Ruchira 🙂

    Unfortunately I only stop for a week or two in a year ever since I started working and that too when I visit my mom..
    But I promise to stop more now !

  26. How to you manage all that Rachna..taking care of kids and family and your own desires and interests! I really need to learn to stop and savor life sooner than later 🙂

  27. Thanks Cifar..beautifully put 'Today is a gift that's why it's called Present,stop and live it full'

  30. We need to savour every moment of life – the big and small moments. Very nice.
    Dropping by from TuesdayThingy.

  32. Just did some realignment in my own thinking, Naba :). I don't measure my happiness in how much I earn though I earn reasonably well. I don't care if people think I threw away my MBA. I enjoy writing and this current work I do. And I always put family first by choice. Am happy that the people close to me support my decisions especially husband! I think happiness lies within us. If we are convinced with our choices then no one has the power to make us unhappy. And don't wait another day. Take stock once every few days and work on your priorities. Sorry for the lecture :).

  33. Not at all Rachna, it's definitely not a lecture..Infact its inspiring!

    Honestly I don't enjoy my day job..but I'm scared to leave it because I don't want to ask anyone for anything… And like you I love to write and also do earn something from freelancing too… But maybe I'm just too scared… My husband often says that do what you want to do, why worry I'm there…But me and my weird thoughts keep running in thousands of directions and I keep making my way back to work every day, day after day!

  36. I couldn't have done it if hubby did not support me. I supported him when he wanted to give up his crappy job. Somewhere along the line, happiness matters more. But you have to have a financially secure future too. Always a tough call to make.

  38. compromise starts from childhood .. and by the time we are 30 plus it becomes a habit and only posts like these remind .. Stop .. live life in between .. your useless Run for things which you wont take alongwith.. stop for few moments and collect memories for times when your body will just allow you to sit quietly somewhere and think .. what will you cherish then??
    Such a gem you are .. you write life that is around all of us !!

  39. Thanks … don't praise me so much, I don't deserve it 🙂

    But yes we should definitely stop this compromise or atleast reduce it … but how can we and where, these are really difficult questions to answer !

  40. To take a break from the hackneyed pattern of life to appreciate things subtle and obvious is to make the very meaning of existence profound. A very mature post.

  43. I remember that line.. What is this life we have no time to stand and stare. It quite fits the write up. And yes Nabanita with the monsoons in North India I definitely wish I could just stand and stare. Enjoy simple things of life and stop running…

    Richa

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