Elements

It's a term so basic. Yet it may have many diverse meanings. It's open ended to perception. Anything can comprise of elements. May it be referring to someone's day, someone's life or our plain old periodic table. An element can be regarded as a part of just about everything.

Here, let us talk about elements with respect to life.  If we draw a comparison between life and matter, we can easily assume the people in it as the compounds or molecules making up the matter. Similarly the emotions running the people can be regarded as the atoms or the building blocks of matter. All of these components can be regarded as elements.

So in this equation, which element is the key to everything? Is it the people? the emotions running those people? Or is it life itself (Considering our life to be an element of the universe that is filled with a thousand different life forms)?

I think the most important element is emotion. Nothing in life can run without emotions. No action, no desire, no passion, no relationship, no career, no hobby, nothing in our lives can ever run without emotions driving it.

The depth of every purpose or ambition, can be calculated by measuring the amount or intensity of emotions invested in it. If life feels unbalanced and dark, it's cause the dark, sad emotions are working in an overdrive mode, if life feels happy and enthusiastic, it's cause the colorful emotions are driving it.

This means, when words of wisdom asks us to throw out people that bring us down, in reality we aren't throwing out the people, we aim at throwing out the emotions that drive those people. No one likes a person functioning on vanity or arrogance. What is the point of having a flamboyant life with all the riches in the world if the elements building your life, and you, are shallow and unfavorable? Is there any sense of being cut throat and mean? No one would want you to be an element in their life, and in return, no one would want to be one in yours.

The crux of everything in the end is emotion. Whether it is good or bad, sweet or mean, weak or rigid, everything in our life is governed by emotions. The making or breaking of how worthy your life is in the end, is only in your hands. Choose your elements wisely and you shall live a deep, rewarding and love filled life, choose them otherwise and you may end up loving your furniture as a substitute for people.