turning over the pages...

The Readers' Digest fills me with a new zest for living life every time i go through its pages. Quotidian banality and drudgery inevitably leaves one exasperated and drained of all enthusiasm and spirit. The urge to achieve the most in the least of time and the attempt to be successful in creating a niche for oneself in this materialistic world of today becomes a physical , and more importantly, an emotional exhaustion.Instead of living life in the true sense of the term, man merely manages a mechanical existence devoid of those precious little moments that make life beautiful and worth living.. he becomes blind to the colourful strands that weave together to form the delicate web of life. Going through the pages of the magazine, encountering different stories of remarkable feats accomplished by ordinary men with extra ordinary strength of mind, learning from their outlook towards living and being able to identify with the myriad human emotions that find expression in words lift my sagging spirits and infuse in me the much needed rejuvination and resurge of vigour to carry on with the journey of life afresh. The seemingly insignificant everyday human experiences often provide profound insight into the finer points of life.I realise living life to the fullest lies in loving life...