Musings on Paradoxes !!

Life is full of paradoxes....and wisdom lies in the ability to identify them and gracefully accept them with a smile.
Some thing which we think as a small mistake eventually turns out to be a big blunder. The reverse too happens... and with passage of time huge losses and calamities get forgotten completely. The beauty is that this holds good even for positive things of life too....!!
While most of us are expected to do a job - any job for that matter - with speed, there is always a need to have a check on quality. You dont need any great intutions to see the nexus between a mistake that happens and a re-work which will be needed to repair it up.
A batsman while trying to score lot of runs also needs to ensure his wicket is safe. Any common man who is rational enough would like to enjoy the pleasures of life but is quite aware that he cannot over-do it which can risk his life itself....!!
As I keep writing these words in the open terrace of my home during a midnight, I see the blowing whistle of a night watchman (Gurkha) who goes past in my road....in his bicycle. It is quite a paradox that his whistle could disturb all the people sleeping but no one really minds it.....for they know he helps them to have a peaceful sleep for the rest of the night.
Well, I am putting the whole thing in reverse.... Oops...!! With a still mind, as I hear his whistle, seeing the paradox, I started identifying all the other points written earlier. It could be too good to have such a still mind for a longer time... than what I am destined to - currently !!
I dont imagine myself to be a Vedanthi to be precise an Advaithi.... Rather, even Dvaitham is still out of my reach. But the duality of life - expressed as a fabric of these paradoxes is so crystal clear to me.....!! It is so seductive you see...
Suren