The Touchy Heart

All our lives we try and achieve a lot of things. We succeed in many and have numerous failures. We are dejected by one and over-joyed by the other. But then are we ever happy or sad. Please donot take these adjectives lightly, we may be happy about the fact that we got to go for a movie, that we were planning for a week or sad that we didbot get the best of seats. But the point is for how long do we be happy or sad after such incidences. I would say a few hours or at max a day. I am not referring to such short term feelings. What I am asking you about is some thing that stayed on with you for a longer period of time. 5 days, 2 weeks... a year...a life time.
The reason why I am asking you to think about it is that it will help you realise what registers with you and stays with you a life time. I had been thinking about this issue for a long time and I think(yes i do think sometimes) I have got the answer!

With this fast paced life of Mumbai we have become absolutely used to things around us and what ever happens around us hardly matters. The reason for which I think is that we dont have the time....
Our lives are so conviniently and completely messed up that we cant afford to bother ourselves about any thing at all. Then come the incidences that strike us straight where it hearts the most our heart( not the pockets my friends).

Anything that touches our heart is going to be with us for a life time. And nothing can remove it from there. I know this is something everyone says..but then this is something i have experienced myself and believe me its a wonderfull feeling.

On realising the fact that there are certain things that touch me.. i started analysing them and realised that all the incidences have a common link.
All of them were incidences of the triumph of the human spirit. Englands ashes win over Australia, the graduation seen of Black.., the last fight in 'the Cindrella man', the end of 'the million dollar baby'. A lot actually...... and most of them have been the the movies.. my passion...
You will argue that films arent real and hence should not effects us.. but then all our movies are derived from us. What is important is that i will never forget these events ever.. and each time watch them again... i will feel the same. I will have a tear in my eye after seeing the cindrella man and will be on a high on seeing cinema paradiso, as I would be sad as 'the black boards' comes to an end.

Man I love Cinema. It makes me what I am!