EP08: The Urge to Make Things Last
Oceans have a way of teaching us about endings. A wave rises, it sparkles for a moment, and then it disappears. No clinging, no resistance. Just acceptance. If only life were that simple for us. For Aarohi, letting go never came easy. She wanted things to last. Some mornings don’t start with alarms. They start with mosquitoes. Aarohi was sleeping peacefully, bundled like a burrito in her blanket, until that irritating zzzzzz buzzed past her ear. Swat. Miss. Swat again. Miss again. If mosquitoes had a sense of humor, they’d probably be laughing at her. Irritated, she got up, walked to the plug point, and saw the mosquito repellent staring back at her, it was empty. Not “maybe a little left” empty, but absolutely, hopelessly empty. And yet, what did she do? She unplugged it and plugged it back again thinking it would magically start working again. Satisfied with her “ effort ” she went back to bed. This, my friend, was the theme of her life. When she went to brush her te...