Dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect an excess. Every sweet hath its sour ; every evil its good. Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly. For every thing you have missed, you have gained something else ; and for every thing you gain, you lose something. If riches increase, they are increased that use them. If the gatherer gathers too much, nature takes out of the man what she puts into his chest ; swells the estate, but kills the owner. Nature hates monopolies and exceptions. The waves of the sea do not more speedily seek a level from their loftiest tossing, than the varieties of condition tend to equalize themselves. There is always some levelling circumstance that puts down the overbearing, the strong, the rich, the fortunate, substantially on the same ground with all others.

The balance of nature and of life. No where will their be the excess of one without the level of the other.What goes up shall come down. Nature devised gravity for this then to happen. When you rule to the ultimate success, you lose power too to be relegated to the back, to insignificance. Nature will devise it such that you may not ever have any option. The problem arises when the condition set by some unknown force, is challenged, is resisted to. And sadly, the greater the resistance, the steeper the fall. Harsh, uncompromising and ruthless. It is but this aspect of life that most never ever submit to. There is effort to fight it off with unforgiving bravado, through irresponsible challenge and selfish guile. But it does not work. It never will.

Close observation through the ages have demarcated guidelines for such an eventuality. When you follow them, life stumbles along albeit in some misery. When you do not it comes in hard and harshly. For some it breaks their resistance, for some others it leaves a lesson, and for some generally hardened, it does not make any difference which way the breeze shall be blowing.

I liken myself to the aspect that allows the breeze to take me where I am going and why. Here too, it shall either work or not. And that is the gamble that we as humans take each day. Many resist or should I say more improperly, desist. A problem of this nature has cautioned me against all evil even if they were seemingly right. Eventually it shall all boil down to the fact that, I am my Father’s son and whatever I do or believe in will become the task or the compulsion of others too.

The day has been one of finding out the right choices for the work schedules, both of cinema and when there is possibility, of any other. A kind lady from Jaipur brings along a portrait she has made from semi precious stones and gold work of my parents’ wedding day. Most obliged for it. She had done one for Aishwarya earlier and we went into a tizzy as to where it could possibly be kept. There are other discussions too. But knowing their proximity to us, it may be prudent not to discuss it publicly. But if for some reason a stand has to be taken in a situation that may affect relationships, then we need to either follow someones advice, or not succumb to blackmail !!

The tweet flourishes and its immediacy is one that needs to be discussed plainly. That it is not happening, is fool hardiness. Accept it and live with an assurance that the pieces are being looked after and when they shall be in, I would strongly protect the legacy than any other. Such is the glimmer of life, its encounters and eventuality.

And such too is the eventuality of todays blog. The key word is balance. In balance shall we find peace and forgiveness, harmony and seeming dissatisfaction ..

Be well and of spirit ..

Amitabh Bachchan