It‘s the same moon...!!!

I usually watch moon at night, yes, that beautiful white object on the black sky with twinkling stars all around :-). I know you must also be doing it some or the other time; admiring the light & feeling the cool warmth of the moon. Since ages, the moon has been an epitome of beauty and divinity. Poets compare the beauty of their beloved with its beauty; mothers use it as a simile for their child and so on. I have been thinking since a few days, is the moon really that much beautiful? So much beautiful that it gives complex to other earthly beauties? Or is it only the perception? After all, the moon is not as white or spotless as it was used to be shown in black & white or Eastman colour movies or usually drawn in paintings. However, it is still beautiful with all its imperfection. The beauty lies in our eyes and our perception. What we identify in the animate or inanimate objects makes us feel good or bad.

Lets dive further into it. Like the moon, we all also have our own imperfections; intellectual as well as physical. Intellectually, we may be good at something like literature but bad or average at something like mathematics. Few people are good leaders, few are good followers; few are good at creativity, few are good at macro management; few are good at dealing with people, few are good at working individually; few people are good strategists, few people are courageous...Whatever may be the case but the people are definitely good at something and that goodness should not be overshadowed by some limitation.

 

All the above is related to intellectual or emotional qualities but what disturbs me most is something bigger and that is...physical inadequacy.

Since childhood I wonder at one thing. Most of the times, people are called or referred by their prominent physical limitations. For instance, if they are fat, they are called as fatty; if they are very thin, they are called wafers; if they wear spectacles; they are called ‘chashmish’ (Hindi); if they are dark, they are referred as the one who is dark; if they are very short or tall they are called that way. How can anyone make the imperfection as anybody’s identity?

 

The most ironical thing I find is that if anybody is handicapped then that is the first thing people mention about that person. Isn’t it sad...? Can’t we see beyond the physical limitations or imperfections? Believe me, identifying someone by his/her weakness can never lead us to feel good.

My point is that why to make anybody’s weakness his/her identity? The identity should always be such that it creates a positive image in our mind, emanates positive vibes and generates a healthy atmosphere.
 

A moon’s identity is not the spots but the light it spreads & the cool warmth we receive during night. It always brings smile to our face and that is mostly because how we see it & how we perceive it. If we can ignore the spots in moon and appreciate its beauty can’t we do it with the people around us with whom we interact in our day to day lives? Like the moon, people will also be same but focus on something good in them will always bring smile and peace.

 

We just have to recall or remember, whether it is full or half or even quarter, whether it is white, half white or even cream, whether it spotless or not it is still the same moon. However, our focus on its goodness always makes the night full of light & warmth  :-)

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With lots of smiles,

Pragati Soni