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This world is a stage upon which the drama of life is played by men and women. It is a very interesting drama. That is why nobody, however, miserable, likes to leave this world. This drama is so gripping because the scenes are changing every minute. Light changes into darkness; childhood changes into old age; life changes into death; dry seeds change into lovely tall trees and rosy lips and cheeks change into wrinkled faces. Change or variety is a part of life. In fact, it is variety only that adds flavour to life.
‘Variety is the spice of life’ is a true maxim. Life would have been dull and dry, dismal and dark, if there had been no variety in it. No dish can be relished if there arc no spices in it. It is the presence of the spices only that makes a dish full of taste and deliciousness. Variety plays the same role in life as the spices play in the preparation of dishes. In fuel, it is not possible to think of life in which there is no variety.
Change or contrast is essential in life. ‘Light’ for example has no meaning if there is no ‘darkness’; ‘up’ has no meaning without ‘down’; ‘white’ has no meaning without ‘black’; Love’ has no meaning if there is no ‘hatred’. Pleasure and pain would similarly be meaningless if they refer to an unchangeable state. A man, who has never seen poverty, cannot sing the blessings of prosperity. It is, therefore, variety, alone that makes life spicy and enjoyable.
Any action, however interesting at first, becomes monotonous in the long run. Take the case of an executioner. When he hangs a man for the first time, he is badly shaken at the idea of putting a human life to an end. But as he gets used to it, he becomes a hardened soul. Hanging becomes a matter of routine with him. He hangs a man as disinterestedly as somebody hangs a picture on the wall. In fact, any activity in life becomes boring and tiring if there is no variety in it.
Change has its own thrill and delight. Look at nature. Does it not undergo a change every moment? Everything is changing. Every moment there is a change. The sun rises and sets; die stars Shine and disappear; autumn changes into spring and summer changes into winter, flowers bloom and wither away; barren and infertile lands change into smiling, fluttering fields ; day changes into night and night changes into day. The change in the universe and the nature is so sure and so constant that is has to be accepted that change is the law of nature and variety is the Spice of life. A poet has rightly remarked:
“What is on earth?
Nay, under heaven, continues at a stay?
Ebbs not the sea, when it has overflowed,
Follows not darkness, when the day is gone?”
Variety in fife is, in fact, a biological and psychological necessity. Life cannot grow or develop properly if there is no variety or change in it. No knowledge or pleasure is possible if fife is unchanging or monotonous. Love of variety should, however, not be pushed too far. Too much of everything is bad. Happiness lies in the golden mean. Too many spices only spoil the taste. We should, therefore, welcome variety but we should not be crazy for it.