' GOOD THINGS , BAD THINGS ' - " NOTHING LASTS FOR EVER "

The ground was tense with excitement. One ball to go and five runs to win. Anirudh of ' Denver Cricket Club ' went forward to take the ball in full-toss itself and lofted the ball aggressively over the bowler's out-stretched hands. The Umpire signal-ed six and victory to ' D.C. Club '. " It was a good thing ", every one started saying that Anirudh went for a six in the last ball.

'It is a good thing to have tools and techniques ' - often we hear such statements as certificates of merit or means. What are good and bad things ? Some may ask for more information / data to qualify that statement but many may decline to preempt a ready answer.

Good things are related to right things. Right things may mean what are compellingly correct and meet approval for use.

Bad things are naturally opposite of good things.

If it ever seems to us that world is a place where bad things happen only to good people, it is because , we shall believe that bad things happening to bad people is a good thing ! Who are we to judge like this and wish something bad to the good or bad ? Who knows what is good or bad and when and where and how ?

All good things come to he, who waits.

All things are not same as they look like. All that glitters are not gold.

Anirudh prayed to God to give him a Benz car. God does not work that way. Steal a Benz car and ask God for forgiveness ? pl. tell me which is a good thing or which is bad in this episode. Perhaps you may agree with me that Anirudh's praying to God is the only good thing in the sequence.

There are no principles, there are only events. There is no good or bad, but there are only circumstances. I can tell a story to explain this context. Anirudh's father bought one horse for his son. But the horse suddenly fell ill and was of no service. Anirudh thought it was bad thing to happen. But his father bought one more horse from an excellent breed. Anirudh thought it was a good thing and was going for a ride round the race course with pomp and pride. A weak passed fast and on that fateful Sunday Anirudh fell from the horse and broke his legs and bruises all over the body.. He was hospitalised.

It was war time. The young men from Anirudh's colony were sent to Vietnam War. Anirudh was the only young man left out or escaped as he was in the hospital. Bad news came subsequently that many young men were killed in the War.

People living in the colony told it was a good thing that Anirudh escaped the war. The logical questions I can hear from your mouths are :- (1) Was the first horse falling ill , good or bad ? (2) Was it right or good to buy a second horse ? (3) Was it good that the new horse tripped Anirudh ? (4) Was it not good that Anirudh hospitalised ? (5) Was War good that killed many youths ? or (6) Is it good for people to fight one another ?

LOOKING FOR THE GOOD IN EVERYTHING IS BAD ; LOOKING FOR BAD THING IN EVERY THING IS BAD.

There are only two sides of a coin - head or tail. Neither Head is a good thing nor Tail is a bad thing. But if you call wrongly, you don't have a choice, the opportunity is seized by the opponent. But one can not be sure it is for good or bad. The outcome only can decide the grade.

The blemish less smile of a child holds many lessons for the grown-ups. The child is open to face the world. It is not worried of the consequences. Smile will not blossom from that is not good. A child with a smile is readily receivable. It will be a good thing that we learn from the child's smile to receive others with an open heart. We also understand that a child is the father of man.

Lines can be drawn and joined to form rectangles, squares, triangles, quadrilaterals or circles. These figures can be further used to make figures, shapes or puzzles. Alternately lines can also be just scribbled and a name as ' modern art ' can be given to it. The question is can any one elaborate what is good or bad things ? - application is what matters.

Sugar or sweet is good thing in general and people are described as " sweet " by those who like them for their qualities or abilities or for their helpful nature. Even some places or some articles are described as sweet. But sweets are not good for patients. They are bad things for them. Here, what is good or bad is decided by what results it causes- causal effect.

Kapildev's ball was a beauty but to the batsman who got out, the ball was not so. He badly missed the coveted figure of 100 by that beauty of the ball. We can see from this example the mix-up between the good thing and bad thing.

All good things must come to an end including our lives. Nothing lasts for ever.

This passage also ends here.