Thursday, August 13, 2009

Sans Craze, No Life

Last month, when I was in some sort of deep thoughts, I realized that without craze, there is no life. This pushed me to write this post 'Sans Craze, No Life'...Well, a quick search of the word 'craze' in the Merriam-Webster dictionary ended up with the result "an exaggerated and often transient enthusiasm".. So where does this craziness start in our life.. It never starts, if observed closely, its born us, bonded with us from birth till death.

There occurs craze for numerous things, be it tangible or intangible. The emotions which arise because of this craze gets matured as one grows up. If someone has a craze for something, they make sure they attain /achieve what they wished for, no matter what stops them.

A just born kid which tries very hard to crawl, talk or walk for the first time can be taken as the first craze which one shows explicitly. I have observed the amount of joy it brings to just-born kids when they try to stand up on their own, roll their body once on the floor.. Such a craze to do such things brings them immense pleasure.

As days go by, as school kids, we all had the craze to do all the naughtiest possible things on earth.. The craze for swinging in a swing, catching a rope and flying, kicking our friends,getting a candy, having fever just because you can bunk school or even as simple as sliding down a slide brings immense joy, which now looked upon may bring us a plain laughter.. Well there exists a craze for truck load of other things which I am sure would take more than a page to mention.

As teens, we develop a craziness towards driving a bike/car, having friends of the opposite sex, bunking class to watch a movie, possessing the latest and cool tech stuff, long drives with friends, late night chats and flirts with friends of the opposite sex, making oneself look fashionable, to win a girl's heart etc. During the late teens, there comes some sort of craze embedded with responsibility to find oneself positioned with a good status in a society.

Once graduated from college, the craze becomes a little dormant. The main reason is, the maturity level within makes us think twice whether this craze is really necessary. Yet still, our hearts win majority of the times, just because our human heart desires more sophistication even though the mind thinks its unnecessary. The craze at this part of life arises mostly out of necessity rather than just for the 'fun' quotient associated with it. People have a craze to become a entrepreneur or get a job in their dream organization. Once settled professionally, there arises a craze towards owning materialistic possessions, going on a holiday trip, owning a new car, the way to bring up kids, making comforts for the dependents etc. I am not able to quote more examples for this part of life as I haven't experienced it myself.

It seems, we have been and will be, so crazy all through our life, be it for petty matters or for matters which determine our standards of life. If not for the craze for inventing new things, we wouldn't live in a world with so much sophistication. This craze among different individuals has infact led to a kind of competition in which the person who dares and thinks intelligently often turns out to be the winner. In short, this craze has lead us to many races all through our life, some races which we have won and some which we have lost.

To conclude with, the most beautiful part of this craze is that, it dwells only for a short amount of time. A craze which you had in one part of life doesn't fantasize you much as you move on to the next part of it. For example, a teenager wont find swinging in a swing as joyful as he did when he was a school kid. I am not able to imagine a life without such little craze, which means a lot during the course of life.. Thats why I feel "Sans Craze, No Life!~!~!~!"

5 "2 Cents":

Meenakshi said...

You are crazy :) good post :)

Sabari Murugan said...

SAth - The Crazy Jaump :) ;)

Sundeep said...

nice way to look upon "life" :)

i hav a Q... y did u not name it as "desire" or "motive" instead of "craze"?

Sathappan R said...

Hmmm.. I feel craze is just a little stronger word of 'desire'.. As you could see the meaning "a transient enthusiasm", since all these I mentioned were transient in nature, I preferred to use the word 'craze'.. :)

Swathikha said...

true true ......
life is full of crazinessssss.........

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