Octopus and OUROBOROS

They say hunger is the root of all troubles in the world. Greed is nothing but an insatiable hunger. Plato imagined "Ouroboros", the perfect animal which can eat itself when hungry. I have learnt that some species of octopus can also do it, they can "shed" one arm of theirs and eat it when under stress or intense hunger.

Sounds really crazy, but some thing that can sustain on itself would be great thing to have. Imagine if happiness can sustain on itself, I am happy today because I was happy yesterday and I will be happy tomorrow because I am happy today. Too bad it isn't the case.

What can sustain on itself is frustration. Unhappy with the current state of affairs, you try to change it and when it doesn't work out, it yields more frustration. But if it does work out, it brings immense amount of joy and relief.

But the joy has a short life span, and frustration seems to be endless. As if it is like the vast stretch of the dark sky above me, and I am just walking being guided by the stars that twinkle, like hope. Hope, is the only weapon one has against frustration.

I take a deep breath, look myself in the mirror and promise myself that tomorrow would be better. Thus I start my day, getting ready for the office.