THE STRONG TIDES

This post comes after months...its the month of november..when a lot has changed. But change is a continuous process. Thats the most important lesson i seem to have learnt in the past few months.
A friend's birthday celebration at the beach motivated me to rethink over lots of my beliefs. We were at the beach at 7 in the evening...celebrations went on for long...but the view of the beach at 10 in the night under the moonlit sky with the strong tides coming on shore was a different enlightening experience altogether, and so was the company. Cant deny it was certain people who forced me to ponder over lots of things...
the waves bring in lots with them and leave behind an equal amount. No talks of materials like sand and remnants, but more in terms of the little particles that it contains and the numerous experiences that the waterbody and human beings have experienced together. ages back sailors sailed in tniy hand made boats, went on to build ships, face pirates, faced ship wrecks, faced death head on...and also experienced the beautiful emotions of love, fear, excitement, thrill and lots more all together. No complains....but lived through all in the sense of adventures. Time moved on...so did technology improve and help man re-build things and develop the older techniques of survival. but how did our ancestors survive the strong emotions that came alongside their journey...a journey taken up on purpose and not on compulsion?? This is what we are yet to learn....
As youngsters today, its become more of a habit to escape. escape from responsibilities, situations, thoughts,traditions and worse of all....emotions. thinking over the reasons for it.....i havent found the answers yet...but i am sure that there has to be a reason for it all...a reason about why the world is changing so drastically where the human connection seems to be failing.
after months of thinking over it and observing all the people i know and speaking to many, what i have realized is its all about the fear of failing. fear of failing your loved ones and not being able to live upto the expectations.
again, i might be wrong....because, another possibility is selfishness. a world of your own where you dont have place to think of others. and of course, in such a situation you can have no feelings for any one else but yourself...