Shift + Del

It amuses me every time I hit shift + Del in my computer. A few seconds, and every thing is lost. No matter how large a file is, no matter how much time it took to create it, when it comes to deleting it, it takes hardly a few seconds. And this deletion principle is valid not only in computers, but in all spheres of life. It might have taken somebody a lifetime to build up a reputation, a respectable position in society…one rumor, irrespective of whether the rumors are valid or not, and the position is lost. Respect, position are all intangible things, and I think it is much more difficult to rebuild intangible things than tangible ones as there’s no way that you can ever measure and see whether you have built enough. Not that it’s easy to build tangible things. It might have taken a person immeasurable sweat and blood to build up a business…one short circuit, a few hours and a lifetime’s effort is lost in flames.
There’s one exception to this shift + del principle though. ..Memories. Infact in most cases the principle is reverse as far as memories are concerned. It doesn’t take a lifetime to have a ‘ memorable memory’. One moment is all that is needed. One smile, one tear, one unguarded moment, one evening with close friends, one wrong word…. and the image (or maybe I should say the video) is made in mind. No matter how much we try to delete, it takes its own sweet time to fade, sometimes it stays forever. Infact the more we try to delete it, the more that memory engulfs us until we all finally learn to live with it.