We are challenged by the audacity of our desires but also restricted by their focus.
Thank God then for life’s miracles…and its disappointments.
~o~
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We are challenged by the audacity of our desires but also restricted by their focus.
Thank God then for life’s miracles…and its disappointments.
~o~
Original hai?
Jo bhi ho, Sahi hai!
There are only two great tragedies in life…. One is not getting what you want, and the other is getting it..
I don’t want what I get and I get what I want not…
@Shreyasi
You can’t always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes you might find,
You get what you need.
~Rolling Stones
Wiseling,
I agree. IS here has inspired me to write some more on my page as I stayed with the thought…
@ Apoo: Yes, original hai. Thank you! π
@ Wiseling: Not a tragedy perhaps? I love the second comment!
@ Shreyasi: I’ve commented on your blog on this.
I suppose it is more an undeniable truth than a tragedy… I was just in a rather sombre mood and my writing mirrors my emotions.
Hmmmm…. I vaguely remember reading the line somewhere and I looked it up.. It appears that I am so fond of quotes that they insidiously ensconce themselves into my psyche. Oh well…
“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
~Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
So anyway, the whole point of this comment is to point out that he was the melancholy one, not moi. (though I suppose I do tend to get rather lachrymose at times..)
oh so true…
Simple lesson –
Its not about getting what you want but about wanting what you got!
Was it Shania Twain?….lol
@ Wiseling: Hmm, a blogger is often making only an observation or a re-telling, not a personal expression. But people don’t usually get that.
@ Infinity: Isn’t it?
@ Pensive Lawyer: No, its conventional wisdom.
But doesn’t one’s essence often get surreptitiously interlaced? Even a teensy little bit?
@ Wiseling: I don’t know. Caferati once ran a segment where contributors were asked to write about an issue but taking the opposite point of view (if you were pro-reservation, write as if you were against). It was an exercise to test precisely how you could handle this.