I still recall that incident from my college life when we had put up some rare artwork’s prints on the campus. “Hey mom I can really see her smile, can you?” a child responded to her perplexed mom. “Well, but then why can’t I?” Her mom seemed perplexed looking at the most beautiful and the most magnificent masterpiece until date. Well, some people really see her smile while others cannot but I compared this situation with my life. The confused state of life was very much resembling the confusing masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci. I did not know where I was going aimlessly and what I was doing. It seemed natural that this Mona Lisa smile was miles apart from the actual state of my world.
As Angela Monet has said, “Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who did not hear the music.” Well I was dealing with something horrible. My mom always used to tell me that you have to deal with people of different attitudes and learn to adjust with them. However, was it my fault that I tried to but I could not? These were the typical thoughts, which came to my mind while I was dealing with my roommate in hostel. Her main aim was torturing me to the very best level. Talking loudly when I was trying to sleep, calling up friends while I was studying, etc. The limit crossed that day when she started blabbering that I was making her feel inferior in terms of money and that I should control myself. Moreover, when I was not feeling well she was busy talking with friends in room. Shouldn’t I react to all these things or just keep struggling with myself facing all the injustice?
The very unsaid and non-visualized Mona Lisa smile comes to my mind thinking of that time, maybe the most painful one I had gone through. People predict so much about that enigmatic masterpiece but no one can definitely say anything or give an explanation about the creator’s state of mind and what had he kept in mind while painting such a masterpiece. If you really concentrate upon the masterpiece, you will see the woman smile but gradually the light mood of the painting seems to be turning to a serious one and you start wondering whether you really saw her smile or not. It was my condition though I seemed pretty well from the outer part as me but I was completely empty inside.
Frustrated with those living conditions I desperately needed some change, a change that would let me live in peace away from the chaos of that room.
Finally, I decided to drop one year of my college life for a change and I finally realized that I was completely correct on part and that doing some other course would bring me happiness as well. It is a part of life, dropping one year is not a big deal but to live life in an appropriate way must be our aim. We should always achieve excellence first and not the success. Today when I see the same masterpiece, I just focus on the positive nature of the work i.e. the light mood smile, which I see for a longer time than the previous condition. Therefore, I suggest all of you that if in any case you feel your life being pictured in Mona Lisa way, stop, think not for the success but for your own peace, maybe even you will find your way out of that
As Angela Monet has said, “Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who did not hear the music.” Well I was dealing with something horrible. My mom always used to tell me that you have to deal with people of different attitudes and learn to adjust with them. However, was it my fault that I tried to but I could not? These were the typical thoughts, which came to my mind while I was dealing with my roommate in hostel. Her main aim was torturing me to the very best level. Talking loudly when I was trying to sleep, calling up friends while I was studying, etc. The limit crossed that day when she started blabbering that I was making her feel inferior in terms of money and that I should control myself. Moreover, when I was not feeling well she was busy talking with friends in room. Shouldn’t I react to all these things or just keep struggling with myself facing all the injustice?
The very unsaid and non-visualized Mona Lisa smile comes to my mind thinking of that time, maybe the most painful one I had gone through. People predict so much about that enigmatic masterpiece but no one can definitely say anything or give an explanation about the creator’s state of mind and what had he kept in mind while painting such a masterpiece. If you really concentrate upon the masterpiece, you will see the woman smile but gradually the light mood of the painting seems to be turning to a serious one and you start wondering whether you really saw her smile or not. It was my condition though I seemed pretty well from the outer part as me but I was completely empty inside.
Frustrated with those living conditions I desperately needed some change, a change that would let me live in peace away from the chaos of that room.
Finally, I decided to drop one year of my college life for a change and I finally realized that I was completely correct on part and that doing some other course would bring me happiness as well. It is a part of life, dropping one year is not a big deal but to live life in an appropriate way must be our aim. We should always achieve excellence first and not the success. Today when I see the same masterpiece, I just focus on the positive nature of the work i.e. the light mood smile, which I see for a longer time than the previous condition. Therefore, I suggest all of you that if in any case you feel your life being pictured in Mona Lisa way, stop, think not for the success but for your own peace, maybe even you will find your way out of that
