Sunday 20 May 2018

Enough is enough


I always wonder, when is enough really enough? How many times during a conflict, we say, enough is enough? What IS that enough? What is this benchmark of "enough?"
Mostly, we set our own limits, don't we? And sometimes, others set them for us. For example, this far and no further from both sides, actually.
You know, in a constantly changing world, I find it difficult to understand this as a permanent concept. We know that "space" is ever growing and endless. We measure it in terms of the horizon but beyond that also is an ever expanding space. Maybe, the horizon then is our limitation of the mind. Maybe, space beckons us to go beyond what is apparent, again and again, repeatedly.
Strangely enough, we have it within us but we tend to use it differently. Like, greed can become limitless. Obsession can, too. The "enough" may not exist here. But we seldom have to accuse anyone about enough loving. There is mostly a scarcity of this and exactly due to a self imposed "enough", Math between people. "I didn't get enough". But I probably also didn't GIVE enough...
But how much IS enough? Give this enough thought. 
Surekha Kothari

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