Life is a Pie-Chart

I believe human life is divided into two emotional halves: Happy and Sad, which forms a pie chart. We have as many words as we know in each language to identify our emotions and to name them. If we don’t know to name we either prefer to stay quiet and aloof or we say, “I don’t know what is happening/how am I feeling”. Belief leads us to be happy, hopeful, optimistic or move in another direction. Every individual gets equal share in the pie chart of life. At any given point, the pie chart is always complete.

We determine to achieve something in life and work hard towards the goal. God never promised us to give results in the direction we are heading. Our equation in life is simple. We sow a seed and expect a sapling. But God’s equation is complicated. When we sow a seed, He might pour heavy rain and make my seed to rot. Does this make my pie chart incomplete? Our rewards are not always a linear equation. We might get something which is totally different from what we were expecting. This is what we call “God’s Plan”. He has a plan for everything and everyone.

My kid came 2^nd in class, my son’s salary is less than my colleague’s daughter’s, my daughter’s in-laws are financially sound, my grandkids are not staying with me, I don’t have a new sari for the wedding, I haven’t bought a bigger car, our house is smaller than theirs etc., these are some of the factors we look at each other when we compare our lives with others. What we show and what we have together makes the pie chart. Every life is complete, but it depends on how you want to see it.

Consider pie chart as a 3D wheel. Just like any other wheel, even this has spokes which divide life into various emotions. Everyone get their share completely. Why do we always judge other’s happiness and satisfaction based on their materialistic comfort? If I say my friend looks very happy today, my mind questions – how someone can be happy with low income, rented house, no car etc., But if my friend buys a big apartment, my mind will not question emotions. It may still think from where he got all the money, but happiness is undoubted. If me and my classmate meet after 5 years, my parents’ questions start with: how well is he doing for himself, salary, designation, house etc., If they feel it is better than mine, next comes why don’t you try looking for better opportunity? Everyone change jobs and that’s how they get more salary etc., This, what we hear is just a small percentage of the pie chart. Do not let this define your whole life. Do not let one half of your pie chart overshadow the other.

Earth revolves around sun forming shadows of everything in various shapes and sizes. Similarly pie chart of our life also revolves and forms shadows. At times we can’t see happiness even though it is part of our life. Sometimes we feel we are getting everything we want and suddenly it feels like a water bubble burst. This is called life where the wheel keeps rotating, forming shadow and showing us what we want, what we have and what we think we have.

During my engineering days, we had a subject graphic design where we were taught to draw front view, top view, side view of a given image. It was the same image, but every view looked different. Life’s pie chart is exactly the same. You can always see only as much as it is visible to you from where you stand. If I stand right infront of my life, I get front view only(remember the wheel is 3D). In order to understand your life, you always have to view multidimensions. It is as complicated as it sounds, and even worse when you compare it with others life. Is life just what it looks like from our view or is it much more than that? Never expect your efforts put in one field to show result in the same field. Life is much more than a linear equation and God is way beyond our imagination for us to predict what he plans to deliver.

Life gives us happiness which we forget.
Life pours sadness which we embrace.
Change your perception.
Embrace happiness and forget sadness.

Just like how we find reasons to fight with our loved ones, find reasons to rejoice. It might appear strange since we are not used to it but believe me it will definitely bring a smile and the pie chart might brighten up for your view no matter where you stand and how you view it.