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first date, first job, first love, Gratitude, happiness, joy, last farewell
What a lovely Life it would be; If…
We remained as sinless as on the first day of life
We remained as fresh as after the first bath of the day
We cared to remain as interesting and impressive as on the first date 
We remained as enthusiastic as on the first day of work 
We remained as enamored as on the first discovery of love
We cherished a gift as much as when we first unwrapped it
we felt as gratified as on beholding the first pay slip
We never got accustomed to the magic of sunrises and sunsets
The whole rainy season smelt as divine as first rains
We valued Independence as much as when our country won it
We discovered acquaintances with as little prejudice as when we first met
We bid goodbye to friends and family as if it is the last time 
As James Dean said,
Shoot off your opinion. If practice makes perfect; then why does repetition take away joy? Why should familiarity breed contempt? Why should companionship produce boredom?
Excellent, Loved each and every “first”. Want to add my own. I felt so good when I voted the first time in an election.
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Thank you SG, really appreciate the appreciation. I identify completely with you, I felt so responsible and important when I voted first too.
It should be inculcated into the scheme of ‘cool’ things. I mean, at age 18 driving license and drinking license is toasted, but right to vote should be driven into young heads as a benediction rather than a boring job.
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I think it’s about passion.
If a person undertakes an activity because (s)he is passionate about it, then repetition will generally not take away joy.
Likewise, if 2 persons who know each other well enter into a relationship because both genuinely want to (not only because they need to, or not for any vested interest), familiarity will generally not breed contempt, and companionship will generally not produce boredom.
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I completely agree with you. Passion has been dumbed down to romantic or sensual passion. But it actually encompasses such a vast circle. May passion never die.
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Wow, that was profound. I guess it is human nature to get bored of repetitive things which make us tend to take things for granted. It is divine to realise these important thoughts, to go back to basic and see how important things were before they were taken for granted. I guess that is the secret to being contented 🙂
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Hi Jenn. Perfectly in agreement with your thoughts. Thank you for sharing them here.
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A rather interesting list of ifs. And it goes to show we all devour change, acceptable change. We seek familiarity, but relish the newness … i guess it’s the adrenaline
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Very true Amira. A perfect combination of familiarity and freshness is what we all seek.
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Ah, this post helps me see things with new eyes– First eyes. 🙂
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Hi Broadblogs. Sometimes, a new vision seems to convert pale, old things to brand new. Thanx for dropping by!
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Interesting! To remain sinless is the most daunting for the others use your imagination and some compassion :).
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Sinless, compassion. such easy words to write, so difficult to inculcate!
Sometimes I feel we are inching from being sinless to not-feeling-guilty over sinning. the end result may seem similar, but such a vast abyss in between.
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I think it just comes down to experiencing every moment, rather than taking it for granted that it will be the same as it was the day before, and that it will be the same tomorrow 🙂
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Hmm, only, do we really want things to remain the same tomorrow as today? Permanence and progress together; Familiarity and excitement together …now that would be a dream !
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Isn’t that the dream to experience everything like it was the first time. Somewhere down the line, we change and term it as “grow up” but the truth is we don’ even realise. Such a flaw in the grand design… Isn’t it… Your post caught me in a really sensitive time. I am more speechless than I can express….
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Hey! You expressed yourself more than you realized.
I perfectly identify with the ‘grow up’ phase.
Ayn Rand nailed it bang on in ‘The Fountainhead’, when she says, ‘You know how people long to be eternal, but they die with every passing day. They change, they deny, they contradict – and they call it growth. At the end, there is nothing left, nothing unreversed or unbetrayed. How do they expect permanence when they have not held on to a single moment?’
She was clairvoyant and wise beyond her years.
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Impeccably phrased… I have that book on my read-list for long now. Guess its time to take it up. I am tempted. 🙂
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You will not be disappointed. Promise from a book connoisseur.
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Very Nice What Ifs! …As for the questions,
Repetition is Mechanical. As such there can be No Joy in that. Practice is Soulful. So it is different from Repetition.
Familiarity need not produce contempt. We are MOST familiar with Our Own Family, into which We were born! Where is the Contempt there, except that which rises due to poor conduct. It is a ‘saying,’ not Holy Writ.
Companionship Cannot bring boredom.
In both these cases, it is the Fickle mind that has to be blamed.The problem is Internal, Subjective, Not Objective.
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Perfect answer. Work is boring for most people bcos they do it mechanically; but the same done with joy can be a source of more joy.
By contempt, I meant ‘taking for granted.’ We do take our family members for granted a lot. I mean, we tend to be more polite, soft spoken and well mannered with strangers or co-workers; but more casual with family. I did not mean contempt in the dictionary sense of the word.
Thanx for the thoughtful comments.
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Agree with Your views. You are Very Right about our behaviour with our Family members. …But the proverb/saying means other things too.
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Yup. Bang on, as usual.
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🙂
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