Old is Gold...

I was just listening to the song Linger by The Cranberries....and the comments on YouTube all were inclined towards pointing out that the old times were the best.....everything about the past was more honest an real....the music, the people, their love, and their affection. So what is it about the present that is so unreal...??? I think the answer lies in the fact that we live a lot in the virtual world these days. We are just too obsessed by it. There are virtual smileys, virtual hugs,virtual love and even virtual money.... whoa!! I vividly remember my childhood.....the summers were so balmy and lazy that we would just find so much happiness in wiling away time with cousins and family...evenings would find us playing cricket or taking a trip to the nearby temple. there was so much satisfaction in doing just that. Nowadays a moment not spent in front of the computer or not logging in on Facebook is considered a total waste. Oh yes....I find my cousin 24/7 logged on Facebook...he just has to be the first person to like his friend's post. The fact that people take so much time adjusting their makeup and hair to pose for a photo justifies this fact. Their Facebook photo update would otherwise be messed up they say. True, people are more connected to each other these days...but I wonder how many actually feel the real connection?? Relationships are more make and break type and so are marriages. Sex seems to rule over our lives. I am actually shocked to find out that this attitude is fast catching up in India...the country were marriage was something more than Sex....it was more of a sacred bond. Once upon a time there was a clear distinction between these two....but the same distinction appears blurred today. What pains me even more is the fact that the concept of love has undergone a total makeover. Today Love is Sex and Sex is love. The fact that Love has a deeper meaning beyond physical boundaries doesn't seem to appeal much to people. All this fast paced life...giving a random moment for everyone and forgetting important commitments for much more virtual one's saddens me no end. Is it really worthy enough for the virtual world to take control of our lives??? There is really a limit for everything. True, that technology has aided us in a lot of ways we can't even begin to imagine but a limit is a limit. One of my friend complained to me that her boyfriend had more friends on Facebook than her. She wanted to reign supreme on this issue and hence she went ahead on a friends adding spree of Facebook. Result = She had more strangers than friends by the end of the day but yet she didn't care...she was happy. I was reduced to rolling my eyes at her. When i was just a little kiddo....I simply could not wait to grow up fast and take on the world. But now when I am actually growing up to be a responsible mature young lady..I find myself desperately dreaming and hoping for those beautiful and happy summers. When life was just more simple and easy and Happiness was always in Abundance that you could just take it for granted. I miss those days so desperately and the fact that they might never actually come back makes me shed painful tears. I pity the children of today...they will never know what they missed. The rat race to create your own identity in this highly competitive and highly manipulative world begins for them right from when they are born. Today I feel so proud and lucky to say i was born in the 90's. That happens to be the best period of my life. When my grandmother recollects her childhood i feel so jealous not to have been born then because she sure did learn and lived much more than we can ever hope to do in a Lifetime. It is only today that I've come to understand the meaning of the adage OLD is GOLD. It Truly Is :). Below is the link for another beautiful song of the Cranberries....Ode to My Family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz-DJr1Qs54&ob=av2e.