Reaching out to life ...
The busy routine of everyday city life has created cocoons around each one of us. The importance attached to reaching goals at work within given deadlines, the rush to climb above others in order to succeed; has made us forget the actual things of importance. We have made ourselves isolated to such an extent that mere eye contact or a friendly smile to a stranger seems awkward. Hundreds of people zoom by us daily and we move through the crowd oblivious to the life that runs through each of them. Forgetting that we all have the same feelings, forgetting that we need to share to feel alive. We tend to see the little differences that separate us, rather than the surprising similarities that bind us. The difference distances us from each other. And we alone create this distance. Anyone who has not completely gotten lost in this rut would agree with me, that there is no greater joy than feeling closely connected with what is beyond us..be it with friends, or nature, or music.Connecting t...