One of the best examples that i can think of when i think of "chasing" is the longest running favourite animated series among children and adults: Tom & Jerry. The house cat who always kept running after this pesky mouse ending up in trouble almost all the time!
Memory refreshed?
There were always those small sweet victories of Tom getting so close to eating Jerry despite those painful sores and the pokes in the butt. No matter what happened,
Tom would never stop! He would never give up. Nothing could stop him.
And when he would find Jerry weak and get really close to eating him,
he would just let him GO! Now how complicated is it?
Crazy LOVE HATE relationship. And we all grew up watching it! so, how can we expect our lives to run on a straight smooth track of love/hate. Tom loved the "chase" and we are no different.
We all at some point of our lives have forgiven someone who isn't worth it, or given someone innumerable chances. I read somewhere that the reason why we do this isn't cause we don't hate them enough, but because we LOVE them much more than we HATE them.
But, then why is it that when we love someone, and they know it, they behave in a weird manner and never realize our importance? and for that matter, when we are on the other side, why don't we let people who love us, LOVE US? Why analyze so much?
Guess we all are living Tom & Jerry's life. Never satisfied with what we have. Always wanting something else. Something more. And when we end up getting that something else, we start taking it for granted and start "chasing" some other thing. Why is it that the HUMAN soul is never SATISFIED? Never HAPPY? Always running around looking for something better... Or just simply running?
We are always chasing... throughout our lives... be it a better job, better friends, better people, better lover, better house, better car, more money, more comfort, more luxury, more wealth.
This makes me wonder, what happens to those who plan to be satisfied with what they have? Are they even happy? Is it even POSSIBLE to be satisfied for the rest of our lives with what we have? Can we ever stop running around, chasing better things?
Can we ever stop chasing PEOPLE? Better people? Even after failing millions of times like Tom, rejected, left alone, betrayed, laughed upon, insulted, and still running strong for that ONE person we care the most about?
Guess the smallest hope in our heart of getting closest to having one lick and tasting Jerry keeps us fired up and looking for opportunities where Jerry would fall weak, and we take that CHANCE.
But guess what? Those small victories will only leave you thrilled and hungry for more.. Gotta find something more stable, more rewarding, more satisfying, something that will make you DEEPLY HAPPY.
Maybe that's why Tom & Jerry episodes were always left open ended... Its for us to find our HAPPINESS.
Which is here to STAY. Be it by coming terms with failure and making Jerry your friend, or by taking that one chance and END the chase.
Memory refreshed?
There were always those small sweet victories of Tom getting so close to eating Jerry despite those painful sores and the pokes in the butt. No matter what happened,
Tom would never stop! He would never give up. Nothing could stop him.
And when he would find Jerry weak and get really close to eating him,
he would just let him GO! Now how complicated is it?
Crazy LOVE HATE relationship. And we all grew up watching it! so, how can we expect our lives to run on a straight smooth track of love/hate. Tom loved the "chase" and we are no different.
We all at some point of our lives have forgiven someone who isn't worth it, or given someone innumerable chances. I read somewhere that the reason why we do this isn't cause we don't hate them enough, but because we LOVE them much more than we HATE them.
But, then why is it that when we love someone, and they know it, they behave in a weird manner and never realize our importance? and for that matter, when we are on the other side, why don't we let people who love us, LOVE US? Why analyze so much?
Guess we all are living Tom & Jerry's life. Never satisfied with what we have. Always wanting something else. Something more. And when we end up getting that something else, we start taking it for granted and start "chasing" some other thing. Why is it that the HUMAN soul is never SATISFIED? Never HAPPY? Always running around looking for something better... Or just simply running?
We are always chasing... throughout our lives... be it a better job, better friends, better people, better lover, better house, better car, more money, more comfort, more luxury, more wealth.
This makes me wonder, what happens to those who plan to be satisfied with what they have? Are they even happy? Is it even POSSIBLE to be satisfied for the rest of our lives with what we have? Can we ever stop running around, chasing better things?
Can we ever stop chasing PEOPLE? Better people? Even after failing millions of times like Tom, rejected, left alone, betrayed, laughed upon, insulted, and still running strong for that ONE person we care the most about?
Guess the smallest hope in our heart of getting closest to having one lick and tasting Jerry keeps us fired up and looking for opportunities where Jerry would fall weak, and we take that CHANCE.
But guess what? Those small victories will only leave you thrilled and hungry for more.. Gotta find something more stable, more rewarding, more satisfying, something that will make you DEEPLY HAPPY.
Maybe that's why Tom & Jerry episodes were always left open ended... Its for us to find our HAPPINESS.
Which is here to STAY. Be it by coming terms with failure and making Jerry your friend, or by taking that one chance and END the chase.
<script class="be-follow-script" type="text/javascript" src="https://a2.behance.net/js/widgets/follow.js?user_id=3845623"></script>
