WHY YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU DO
A Witty Story
Incoherent
Ramblings of a Retired Mind
By
VIKRAM KARVE
Here is an
allegorical story which explains how you live your life.
Let me share it
with you.
On the first
day, God created the Dog and said to the Dog:
“Sit all day
by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For
this, I will give you a life span of 20 years.”
The Dog said:
“That is a
long time to be barking. How about only giving me a 10 years life span and I
will give you back the other 10 years.”
So God agreed.
On the second
day, God created the Monkey and said to the Monkey:
“Entertain
people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I will give you a 20 year
life span.”
The Monkey
said:
“Monkey tricks
for 20 years? That is a pretty long time to perform tricks. How about giving me
a 10 year life span and I will give you back 10 years like the Dog did.”
And God
agreed.
On the third
day, God created the Cow and said to the Cow:
“You must go
into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have
calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you
a life span of 60 years.”
The cow said:
“60 years? That
is a very tough life you want me to live slaving for 60 long years. How about
giving me a life span of 20 years and I will give you back 40 years.”
And God agreed
again.
On the fourth
day, God created Man and said:
“Eat, sleep,
play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I will give you a life span of 20
years.”
But the man was
not satisfied, so the man said to God:
“Only 20 years
life span for me? I want more.”
God was
surprised. The others wanted shorter life spans but the man wanted more.
So God asked
the Man:
“But how can I
give you more years?”
The Man had
his answer ready, so the Man said to God:
“You have
already given me 20 years. Why don’t you give me the 40 years that the Cow
returned to you, the 10 years the Monkey gave back and the 10 years the Dog
gave back to you. So, 20 + 40 + 10 + 10 = 80 : that makes it 80 years. Why
don’t you give me a life span of 80 years?”
The God looked
at the Man and said:
“Okay. Take a
life span of 80 years. But remember, you asked for it.”
So, that is
how man spends his life.
For the first
20 years of your life you eat, sleep, play and enjoy yourself (like man was
meant to do)
For the next 40
years you work and slave in the sun to support your family (like the cow was
meant to do)
For the next
10 years you do monkey tricks to entertain your grandchildren (like the monkey
was meant to do)
And for the last
10 years of your life you bark at everyone (like the dog was meant to do).
Dear Reader:
Life has now
been explained to you.
Now you tell
me:
Which stage of
life are you in:
Stage 1: Enjoying
life
Stage 2:
Slogging it out at work
Stage 3: Doing
monkey tricks
Stage 4: Barking
at everyone around you
Well, as far as
I am concerned, having recently “retired”, it looks like I am in Stage 3 of my
life.
And my wife says that I am already showing signs of Stage 4.
“BOW WOW”
Have a nice
weekend ahead.
VIKRAM KARVE
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About Vikram Karve
A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
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Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
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