Life is analogous to many things, pleasant ones like seasons or violent ones like a war, grim ones like a struggle but the most common analogy has been of with journey. Yes life is a journey they say.. you come across hurdles which you tackle, you take rest when you feel tired of this journey, you meet passersby who seem to take the same path as you do, you come across certain points in this journey when you want to stay but you know deep down that you have to MOVE ON..
This phrase has been our oldest companion in this journey of life. Something bad happened in childhood? Move on.. you were heartbroken in your teens and adulthood ? Move on..Your children haven't been the ideal ones to take care of you in your old age ? Move on... Like i said this phrase has been with us more than e have been with us; but what does one exactly mean by moving on? To forget the past or to focus on the present or both ? the most assumed answer would be the last one, however like most remedies of life this one is also easier said than done.
With this companion of moving on begins a sub-journey, a journey of self reminding, self re-discovery and a journey of self consoling and appeasement. If i am to share my experience my MO (move on) companion has been too cruel with me, then again each and everyone's MO has been with them. It gives birth to sudden mood swings within you, at first you feel happy, high in spirits and light in mind but one trigger of memories and you feel your world has come crashing down; it is a reminder that you aren't giving time yourself, you're jumping to conclusions, the silver lining ? it boosts an energy and eagerness in you to bounce back in life.
My MO has addressed me in every way possible, it has pampered me like my parents, sympathized me like the strangers around me, consoled me like my near ones who are ready to show concern anytime but the most impacting one is the tone of being harsh and scolding one as our mind feeds on all the soft ones bringing us to the stage of victim, your MO then has to be strict with you to remind you that you're not a victim, you're a survivor. You definitely can't blame the mediums through which your MO is harsh with you, as those mediums i.e. people are also accompanied by their respective MOs who are working on them extensively.
Your MO is also your knight in the shining armor it fights its arch rival that resides in your mind and heart like a parasite, and keeps dragging you down like a jive, your memories with the concerned incidents and people. The memories good and bad both come down hard on you, the good memories that remind you how beautiful times were those and how dreadful things seem now, the bad memories that tend to show from which point things started going south bringing you as the plaintiff and the accused in the court of who was right and who was wrong and what and all could have been done to salvage the situation, in such cases one mostly blames oneself imprisoning you to guilt and if you find others wrong then you are under imprisonment of hatred, either way you are not free, that's what your MO is helping you avoid, Such is the battle of MO, no matter how harsh it is, it is a good friend that keeps you strong and immune, or at least tries to.
This MO is none other than your own inner voice, your own intuition, whom we tend to give a deaf ear because we are surrounded by the voices of memories and temptations, yet it tries to come out of this inner cacophony and tells you what you ought to do, how you ought to do, it is your only best friend.
Its good to stop by certain points in life condition being you remember when you have to leave, no matter what analogy you give to life we are going through phases like a long roller coaster ride, one has to Move On, one has to be with their MO and listen to it. If the baggage of the past tends to come with you which may weaken your pace towards the future, take a stop in your present and find a nice baggage counter to dump it there forever, and before that baggage gets to know.. run with your MO..
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