Life of a Second

I stare at my watch and I observe that the hand of seconds’ is hasty and impatient. It never stops where it reaches; it is never satisfied of where it is! Splitting time in equal intervals it acquires and establishes a new territory and position after every minuscule interval.

Every moment of it makes a genuine sound which has become dissolved in environment. You can hear and make out a glass jar falling, a cooker whistling, children playing but you can never make out a second’s hand ticking! Its because its consistent, persistent and its not satisfied of where it is and aspires a new position, destination and status.

And you think its not happy? Of course it is ! For someone to be happy they need not have to live long. They just have to live meaningfully. A second’s hand’s life is long for itself. You better have a closer look.

A second’s hand does stay for a long time where it has reached and it finds a strange peculiar feeling of being there before and before it could realize, it finds its internal energy compelling to march ahead and time to aspire even higher goal.

So it goes ahead, but wherever it goes, it doesn’t forget its origin. Its center of life and it remembers the same every moment of interval. The place it came from, and the one responsible for its journey and it does so throughout its life.

Marching ahead it finds a new destination and to do so the hand had to change its perspective of vision and its angle and also possess courage to sacrifice the present comfort! And it did! So here it is; at a new destination.

It goes and goes, it doesn’t keep count of how many destinations it has been on and how many times it has won! Again and again, again and again it finds peculiar similarity with a particular place, a feeling of may be there was something to be told to the hand from that place.

After a long run, just before second’s hand reaches its new destination, the hand hears a not so unfamiliar big and loud voice.

“Thanks pal! After I saw you doing something 61 times which I always wanted to do; do at least once; and later thought I could never do, I found courage when you could do the same for the 61st time! Now that you’ve heard me after I tried 60 times calling and making you stop, I have the confidence to tell you that I have the confidence to move at least once!”. The minute’s hand spoke.

“It doesn’t make any sense to me! Have I come so long? Were you watching me? Have I met you before?”

“Sense? It doesn’t make any sense to me too. Often I meet a big guy who tells me the same, that I have been doing the thing 61 times which it couldn’t do once! I still don’t understand! I think he has been watching me.” Said minute’s hand.

“Good for you! And thanks a lot for giving my own status! I was always in doubt if I was doing it right? But when I see you deriving inspiration from me, it only means that I am on the right track and I need to forge forward. Thanks friend. See you later”

Saying that, the second’s hand moves ahead to next destination and it just can’t see anything when its traveling, and when it comes to a halt after every interval it can see clearly what’s around it.

And suddenly at one of its destination it hears a strange, firm, voice of patience!

“Hey kid! Remember me? I met you little time back? Every time you pass by me, I shout at you and you just don’t stop! Quite swift you are! How does it feel to run 3605th time? And I met another guy who has run 61 times, and I still stand where I stood last time! Not even a bit have I moved. I don’t understand the purpose of my life!” Spoke the hour’s hand.

“Yeah yeah! I remember seeing you! WOW! I can’t believe it! I thought I would never meet you again in my life! How are you? I still can’t believe! Not moved a bit? why are you kidding ? you are not in the same place where you were last time when you met me.”

“What? Now I think you are kidding. I haven moved at all!”

“No way! Now I know! I always felt a peculiar feeling when I visited the place just before, it was because I had met you there! Every time I felt it! But I just couldn’t make it out. Have I been moving in circles? .. anyways doesn’t matter, what matters more is, my friend, that you have moved! You are not in the same place! Count on my words!” confirmed second’s hand.

“All this time I kept trying and trying to move ahead! If not much, a little! I couldn’t, my numbness never let me do it! But I never gave up trying, and I realize now that my efforts have been added up! Thank you for making me realize my own importance! Thanks a lot!”

And they all march again! Your watch has a story to tell. You’ll never know what you have become. Stop by and meet an old friend! You will quickly know where you stand. Often what you have achieved can only be indicated by others and you act as and indicator to others.

“Success is relative! So is happiness and sorrow” .. and it all depends on the reference you take ;).