The Temporariness of Permanence

No. The article is not as heavy as the title. I've tried to explain this paradox in the simplest of terms that I can come up with. Philosophers have brought this thought in many ways - that 'day will always come after night', or 'The rising wave always falls' or 'after a bad patch, good times will always come again'. 

It is not without reason that Lord Krishna once told his cousin Arjuna 'WHENEVER evil raises its vile head, I will REAPPEAR on Earth to RESTORE peace'. 

This reminds me of my school days. When I joined my higher secondary school, my father took me to the school office. At the entrance to that small room, the clerk's table was kept. the wall behind it bore a text poster that said, 'Only Change is Permanent'. The clerk sitting there told us that he was the one who stuck the poster there. As if bearing testimony to it, he also told us that he was just transferred to another school somewhere
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Life is full of such changes. Be it a shifting of residence, or resigning from your job, or winning some prize for something you did, there is an inherent dynamism for all things in this world. What we call permanent, only appears so because its life span is many times over a multiple of our own lifetime. 

Thus, there is nothing as forever, or never again. This usage of terms, I feel, is just a reflection of the mood of the person towards the general state of affairs around him/her. So the next time you see a person say, "This is a creation that will last forever!!" or "India will never win the World Cup!!", realize that you are talking to a person who has created a great item after lots of hard work or a frustrated man who is not happy with his life, respectively.

One that life is a full circle and 'what goes around, goes around, goes around, goes around, goes and comes around' like Justin Timberlake once said. Haven't we all come across such experiences in life?

2005-2007

2008

Consider the great Roger Federer, who said 'Beating the old guard (Rafa or Me) at Wimbledon is impossible.' And what happened? He lost in the quarterfinals for the second time and Djokovic won the title 'beating the old guard'.

2011

Just when people said that the time of a champion has come, that champion has risen again. Sachin Tendulkar is the best example of this.

They say that pyramids have stood the test of time. I wonder how many will stick to these words when they realize that the massive structures were originally made of white sandstone, and have been badly eroded now. 

Change is the essence of life. The whole evolutionary process is based on change. So my friends, if you find yourself in a spot or if things have not been going your way lately, do not panic. A skier is able to jump such long distances only by virtue of the height from which he comes down.

One can go forward only if he has the momentum, or drive to go forward. This momentum is acquired by the depth of his descent. I believe that a successful man has had his own shares of difficulties and downfalls in life before tasting success. Energy is conserved, so how high you go, you will gain an equal amount of momentum in the future that will prod you on to greater heights, but with a little descent. 

Only if the roller coaster keeps moving up and down will its passengers actually love it. Life is a roller coaster. Sit back, wear your safety bars, ENJOY, for after all, IT IS ONLY THE TEMPORARINESS THAT IS PERMANENT!!!