The Uncertainty.
There’s always something great about uncertain things. What are the most uncertain things ever known to mankind? Life and death! Had we known the tenure of our life and the date of our expiry, our life wouldn’t have been exciting as it is now.
At the outset, we seek power, the power to control, to control everything around us. Talking of myself, I was mesmerised when I watched the Mahabharat and got to know about ‘Ichha Mrityu’, the blessing that Bhishma Pitamah got. I, for once, wanted it for myself. Of course, it was a fantasy which got crushed soon. It was a few days later, when I watched the later episodes of The Mahabharat show, I not only sympathised with his pain while he was lying on ‘Sharsaiya’ but also was grateful to God for not giving such blessing to everyone. If he had not that blessing, or ‘curse’ as I call it now, he wouldn’t have suffered an inch of pain that he had to.
For last 2 days I’m watching a movie on TV, ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’. I realised I’ve lost that excitement which I used to have during Tata Sky days. It was always cherishing and lovely to watch the repeat telecast of the movies. Those repeat telecasts brought up the epithet of ‘favourite’ movie into existence for me.
Though the advertisements in the break time used to make my hackles rise, the movie scenes were always pleasure giving. Much before Tata Sky came, the direct cable supply was in use. During those time we weren’t provided with the schedules of the shows or the movies; the names, the commencing time, the ending time. No certainty at all. Perhaps, that uncertainty was fun. The only source of the itinerary was the newspaper. And to my hard luck, I got to know about it much later.
Yesterday, I thought of watching a jovial, feel-good movie. I wasn’t aware of the upcoming miserable task of choosing that kind of movie. Of course, with the advent of streaming platforms, hundreds and thousands of options of movies and series are available these days. Initially, I found myself in deep waters. After scrolling for few minutes, I chose one. Though I had watched that movie several times before, today, for the first time, I saw the opening scenes. Whenever I had watched it before, I always joined somewhere in between. This time it was going well. Afterall, remote was in my hand. Then my maa called me, I paused the movie so that I don’t miss any scene. I returned and resumed. A little later, I went to wash my hands. So, again I paused it and then resumed it. At some instant I lost the track, so I rewound it. Not much later, I remembered I was supposed to do something, so I had to stop it there. I switched off the TV.
Today, I resumed watching it from exactly where I had left it yesterday. Remember? I have the control! However, today too I had to pause it several times. Very soon, I got fed up with this thing. I was not able to enjoy it anymore. The recurring on and off feature was turning into a stumbling block. The breaks which I took well within my set of choices were okay. But then I had to take them for every little thing which otherwise could have waited. It was then that I realised it is not always good to have the power to control. Uncertainty serves it cause.
Narrating the left outs: Today, the TV was connected to Tata Sky. So, I thought to explore. I gripped as I found the telecast of ‘Holiday’. Since, the channel was paid, I couldn’t watch it. With the hopes dashed, I returned to streaming the movie which I had left yesterday.
In the nutshell, I have very well learnt an important lesson of life. I have not suddenly started loving the uncertainty about things. But I have learnt that not every certain thing serves good. Sometimes, it is uncertainty that keeps us going. Imagine, you’re getting ready for an excursion with your friends. Absolutely ‘uncertain’, you’ve been asked to show up in a meeting immediately. ‘Certainly’, it will spoil the mood. However, at the same time it will increase your exhilaration of finishing the task and going back to the party.
Even in these little incidents like watching a movie, uncertainty plays an important role. Think how paramount it is for LIFE and DEATH to be uncertain. It is our desire to do fun and it makes us find that fun even in the sombre episodes of life, known to the world as ‘uncertainty’.
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