Part 1 : Sisyphus

Mythology is a collection of stories, about different legends. Some are famous for heroism, sacrifice and others of miracles. Many of the stories seem more like work of fiction, if not reality based. But the actual occurrence of the events is and will always be a debatable. After all, the debate will be more about the beliefs, faiths and prejudices. But what you can say for sure about the mythology is that it is not just mere depiction of bravery and the ever forgiving behavior the Lord. The actual translation of the Sanskrit word  for history i.e. 'itihas(pronounced ee-tee-haas)'   is 'So it was. So it is. And so it will be'.  Each story in any mythology with all its characters is a symbol for miseries and also solutions for all the problems that are ageless. It only depends on us if we can see it or not.  

About His Punishment

Here's a character of Greek mythology called, Sisyphus.Sisyphus was a Greek king of Corinth province. As he had tricked Gods, he was punished by Zeus. The punishment was one for eternity. As punishment, he was
supposed to role a huge boulder to the top of the mountain and see it roll back to the bottom. Again he has to come down and again roll the boulder to the top and again see it come down.On the way to the top, his heart is palpitating, he is using the strength of each and every muscle of his body, to take the boulder to the top just to see it roll down from where he started. This is the punishment given by destiny to Sisyphus and maybe to you and to me also.

Our/Your Punishment Given By The Fate:

Alarm rings at 6 in the morning, but is put to snooze. After the alarm tries to wake us up 2 to 3 more times, we finally give up the struggle and wake up, with half of the gained energy depleted in these 15 minutes and a bull-dog annoyed face .We do our morning chores, gulp down the breakfast and hastily leave home as we have to take the 8 o'clock train to work or 8:30 bus or a 15 minutes drive to work. At work we do same job, have same old gossips, same old complaints, and after all the tiresome same work we return home. Then watch same TV serials, have same chats while watching them, eat dinner and finally go to bed. We wake the next day, and act as if today is copy of yesterday. We see that all the struggle we did the day before was of no use and we find the boulder of the day is still at the bottom of the same mountain. Again by no choice we have to carry the boulder of work at the top of our mountain to see it roll back where we left it the morning before.


 If this is the only thing  that ever gonna happen then are we even born? If there is no reason, then suicide is the easiest solution to get away from the miseries.If this path of cowardice is not our solution then it is our duty, right as well as necessity to find a reason to live for in this life. The reason which takes us beyond ourselves. Go out there in the world and say that 'I may not be able to take back with me anything from this world to another but i will give this world something original, that will leave a legend when I die. I will not let this world be the same as it was when I came. I will make a difference in this world and change at least one corner of this world. I will change life of at least one person and also give him a reason to do the same for others'

Give everyone a reason to live. Love them. And life will step by step unfold your destiny and finally some day you will be released from the punishment of Sisyphus.

"They say you die twice, once when your breathing stops and the second, a bit later, when someone says your name for the last time."

So, get up and live like a legend.