Start..Stop.. Start... Stop.... Start........................ Period..

I couldn't have summed up anybody's life in a more succinct manner.. And when i say anybody's life, i mean it. Be it mine, your's, my family's, my friend's or for that matter anyone, the common pattern which emerges is: Start.. Stop.. Start............. Period....

Everyone first strives to achieve a target.. When he/she hits the target, the life feels to be rushing by. Then the person relaxes a bit and unknowingly in a span of time becomes complacent. The going is so far good.. Then some fine day any random incident hits the person sleeping ego. The person is rattled, bewildered. Then the things which have looked good so far seem meaningless.. There is restlessness, uneasiness. A need to fight a war emerges, but against whom is the moot question?
This is the start of the new cycle.. The uneasiness inside gives birth to new targets. The rush of doing something meaningful is back again. The pain of labour is as sweet as nectar. Sooner or later, after having experienced a range of emotions, the beloved target is achieved.. The going is fine again... The complacency is setting in..... Another incident is brewing in the near future......
And then one fine day the lord knocks at the door and the world is bid adieu.

The earlier me would have scoffed at leading such a life and would have declared the world not worth inhabiting. But having experienced one complete cycle of start and stop and the looking at a new start, I would rather go through the cycle again and again praying that i see a new start after every stop and then one fine day leave this world, preferably, in the thick of things simply because I have discovered the joy this life cycle gives.