Why is an alarm clock a good gift?

                  Why is an alarm clock a good gift?

 Among many things one can think of, to be given as gifts, I prefer to give an Alarm Clock. It would be a timely gift for any occasion. It reminds that time is ticking away, emphasising the impermanence but preciousness of life. In the case of old mechanical spring-based clocks, it stores kinetic energy converted into potential energy and expends is judiciously and consistently reminding that everything in this cosmos is nothing but energy in some form or the other. This is true in the case of electronics-based clocks too but the process is no so easily visible! Every time a receiver looks at it, he may be reminded of you. If it stops working then again, he may think of you.

 I have used a good number of alarm clocks all along. At a time when I had more than one, a close friend of mine took a fancy to one of the best ones I had and simply walked away with it saying he liked very much. After all, why do you need more than one, he winked!

 All alarm clocks are the same at the core level that is at the actual clock machine by itself. Only the casing differs. The circular one is the best and a rectangular one is the worst. Square one, so-so.  I have been a bit unlucky of late: Bought a few clocks one after another, only to be discarded as they went out of order quickly.  

 I am venturing to risk buying a new alarm clock and gift it myself, unless some one thinks he is better as a donor! I am posting this as a blog post. It is like sending some message in a glass bottle, perfectly sealed, and thrown into the sea! My blog enjoys just some sixty followers, most of which are search engine scrollers.

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Jaws of death: Being in a dangerous situation (Poem)

 Jaws of death: Being in a dangerous situation

                      (Poem: Nov 2022)

 

Saw an insect about to be devoured by a lizard.

I tapped the wall with a spoon to scare him away.

The insect escaped from the jaws of death;

the lizard went away hunting for an alternate prey.

 

Just one insect I could save today,

the lizard will go hungry for some more time.

In HIS scheme for this cosmos, these co-exist;

Right or wrong is just in my mind.

Gloating over some small good deed

or guilting over an apparent bad action

are both unnecessary and meaningless.

You can not decode His ways or actions.

 

Also learnt that death can come at any time

be it an insect, lizard or just me- a human being.

Invisible fate will have its way, whether

You like it or not, expect it or not, be there or not.

 

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