Timing!

Bad... Very bad it is.... we feel bad... things go bad... when.....

When that 'timing' does not rhyme with the need of the situation and our actions....!

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Some people even struggle about 'sense of time'... and only then,..... to think of that 'timing'..... and get caught asking an “English-man” ... thus, : Sir, what is time? (instead of what is “the” time...)... 'Time keepers' are a humble lot .... please... spare them of the 'response-ability' to vouch for anything here....

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There are a few... my geography teacher at school, for instance... who is at once into timelessness, when that teacher starts 'delivering' geography in our class... We all share the 'pain' and time stands still for 40 minutes! I even used to wonder if that teacher would render all the 'lullaby-singers' to be jobless... babies of any kind, on an as-is-where-is condition can be guaranteed to be put to sleep with one 10-minute lecture of this teacher!... There was no 'recording' device within our reach, in those days.... or else, this tone, this inimitable style, etc... would have been a much sought-after-software by many people... like our politicians who want no disruptions in parliament...!

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Some movies have unexpected success (run-away hit/success!)... just because of the 'timing'... A great movie would have failed to meet the expectations of a large audience, who suddenly find this small, low-budget mediocre movie to be a great relief/solace to come back to their normalcy after that depression due to disappointment!

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I had early taste of it, when as a kid, under the 'supervision' of my dad, we set about to hunt the rat that used to tear apart almost anything around the house.... clothes, books, bedding .... anything!.. we were armed with sticks, and that broom stick's handle end to be used to smother it... I could never land a hit on that swift tiny creature with whatever weapon I was weilding! So effortlessly it was able to dodge my blows!... The elders managed to hit it, while we were only able to support in diverting its runway backwards... Much later, I learnt that it is better to 'sweep' sideways, so that the sync is better than my ability of 'timing' the hit at 90-degree-angle while it is on a run!... A sweep in an opposite direction renders it senseless for a fraction of a moment, when it is swept along with the handle end of that broom towards a wall or so..... and then very soon, and very swiftly, make a brief hit not losing too much time in lifting the weapon too high... the third hit can be severe, if we have the patience to later on swipe spills of its bleeding nose etc!... Feeling very much 'humiliated' by this tiny creature, I made it a point to 'master' the skills to match the take-off speed of that house-fly!... I managed to catch the house-fly with bare hands (now, the agility is worn off, of course!)... The point is, sense of timing is indispensible with almost anything and everything that we do in our lives..... except... except.... the walk on the pathless path... spirituality! Here it is not the 'timing' that matters... it is not even matter that matters... nothing matters!.... nothingness, literally!

With ills of ill-timings,

yours untimely,

Psn(17^th December, 2012)