Human-ness

In my limited life experience, I've been lucky enough to, quite literally, meet people from all walks of life.

It's always fascinates me to see all kinds of people - powerful and powerless, wealthy and poor, loud and silent - exhibit their sameness, their core humanity that is consistent in all people. The same emotions. The same mistakes. The same routines. The same smiles. The same frustrations. The same fatigue. The same questions. The same hopes. The same insecurities.

The same parallels can be made about groups of people. The same awkwardness. The same dynamics. The same decisions. The same inefficiencies. The same relationships. The same pain. The same love.

For me, this observation has - at once - been clarifying and reassuring.

Random: Why aren't more people interested in other human beings?

By the way, I blame U2 for my being a naive idealist and Bollywood for my being a hopeless romantic.

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Miscellany

Hi again!

I don't think anyone is reading (just yet) so I guess it's still just me talking to myself at this point. A few things...

I need to be more disciplined and routine-ish across the board. Case and point: it's been nearly five months since my first post to this blog. Ridiculous! I need to learn to view my own personal writing not as a work-ish task, but as a relaxing and fun escape.

Random topic I've been contemplating recently: The tension between living a life of amazing and enriching experiences and a life full of impact and concrete accomplishment. I think the goal ought to be to strike a meaningful balance - they're clearly not mutually exclusive.. so maybe there isn't a tension?

I was recently in India! What a fascinating, thought-provoking, romantic, and kind country. Opportunities in India are seemingly endless. What makes India the most special place in the world is that it is, at once, so many things - indeed, everything at once. It may be the only country in the world to constitute a microcosm of the human condition. In one country, you have cold winters, sultry summers, abject poverty, unabashed wealth, Western multinationals, millennia-old traditions, and people, faiths, and languages from all corners of the world.

By the way, this blog isn't called "Seer of Truth" for self-important reasons. It's actually what my name means in a Hindu and Indian context. :-)

A couple of final and, well, miscellaneous notes: San Francisco is such a beautiful city! It has an impeccable "resume" - perhaps better than any city in the world. I worry that I haven't done enough to enjoy it.

And I love U2, especially their less-appreciated songs. :-)