Take a moment and think, what life are you leading. Tied in a schedule that leaves you no time to rejoice, or have time for you. Must have been long when you took some time to think about yourself. Don’t you think that you get life only once and isn’t it worth to enjoy each and every moment that you’ve got, to take pride in yourself having this life.
Well it isn’t possible to have complete fun all the time, coz something too much is really too much. In this blend of difficulties, joy, pain and sorrow which is our life, what surely can be done is to accept every moment happily whether it be pain or sadness as well.
Exactly was the reason that festivals came up into existence. It was for you to enjoy every moment of your work and relaxation to your fullest. It is said that in the Indian culture, there was a time when there used to be a festival every day of the year – 365 festivals in a year – because a festival is a tool to bring life to a state of exuberance and enthusiasm. That was the significance and importance of festivals. The whole culture was in a state of celebration.
If today was ploughing day, it was a kind of celebration. Tomorrow was planting day, another kind of celebration. Day after tomorrow was weeding, that was a celebration. Harvesting, of course, is still a celebration. But in the last 400 or 500 years, poverty has come to our country, and we have not been able to celebrate every day. People are satisfied if they just get some simple food to eat. So all the festivals fell away and only 30 or 40 festivals remain. We are not even able to celebrate those now because we have to go to the office or do something else daily. So people usually celebrate only around 8 or 10 festivals annually.
Festivals are an expressive way to celebrate glorious heritage, culture and traditions. They are meant to rejoice special moments and emotions in our lives with our loved ones. They play an important role to add structure to our social lives, and connect us with our families and backgrounds. They give us a distraction from our day to day, exhausting routine of life, and give us some inspiration to remember the important things and moments in life. It is there so that we have a proper work and family balance in our life because all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
Nowadays, unfortunately, a festival means they give you a holiday, and you wake up only at twelve noon. Then you eat a lot and go for a movie or watch television at home. If you approach everything in a celebratory way, you learn to be non-serious about life but absolutely involved. The problem with most human beings right now is, if they think something is important, they will become dead serious about it. If they think it is not so important, they will become lax about it – they don’t show the necessary involvement.
That is the whole problem. Festivals were celebrated on all days in India with a simple reason that you enjoy and celebrate every moment of your invaluable life. We need to go back to that point and understand that you don’t have to wait for a festival to celebrate. All that you have got to do is realize that LIFE IS A FESTIVAL in itself, and you can celebrate every moment that you have. With this kind of charisma you will find that life is just so much fun and easy……and sure is a celebration.
