The grains of time never stop.
Not even for a photograph.
Its peripheral memory is so vast that it doesn't need to.
But us humans are different.
Our thirst for more has us looking only ahead.
Historically, looking ahead translates into positivity.
However, by and by we often forget to look around.
Our peripherals are a 'by chance' product of creation.
In lieu of acquiring as many accomplishments,
as it is humanly possible,
we as a community have forgotten to stop in our tracks and look to the sides, look around.
As we edge ahead, life close to us and around us moves quicker.
Flashes of these lie in our minds as memories and we wonder why some people look familiar, why we hum a tune we don't remember hearing.
Its worth the while to look around while we race ahead.
After all what is life without side dishes, right ?
Someone did not say 'Look right, Look left and then cross the road' just to reach the other side.
Aparna Gopinath
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