Que sera sera

Que sera sera....Whatever will be, will be....I have started to believe more and more in this statement. Lately, it has happened over and over again....things that I was really excited about or really looking forward to....didn't happen for some reason or the other....leaving me a little or a lot disappointed depending on what it was. The reverse has also been true. Things that I did not ever expect to happen have been happening too....leaving me very excited and thrilled....and hence my belief in whatever has to happen will happen is getting stronger.

I remember watching the Hindi movie 'Pardes' many years ago when it was released. The movie's heroine who is from India visits USA and sees many different places here. When I watched the movie, I was in India with absolutely no plans of ever coming to the US. There is one portion in the movie where the heroine visits Las Vegas and while watching the movie, I remember thinking....What an interesting place! Would love to see it someday....And as destiny would have it, a year later I was married, I was here in the US and yes, we had already made a trip to Las Vegas....Que sera sera....whatever will be, will be.

I think no matter how old we get....there is still that part of us that is still a child....And when it doesn't get its way....that child in us gets very disappointed and starts to sulk. But more often than not, the adult in us quickly takes over and we kind of rationalize the situation thinking....Que sera sera....whatever will be, will be.

Sometimes, the mind is like a race horse....just running and running....dreaming of things to do, places to see, needs to be fulfilled, desires to be achieved....And obviously, no one gets everything they want....It is just not possible....And even if they do, new desires and dreams will crop up....and the cycle continues. So, the next time I feel disappointed when things don't go my way or feel excited when things do go my way, I hope to put everything in the right perspective by telling myself....Que sera sera....whatever will be, will be.

Signing off humming the song 'Que sera sera' by Doris Day and the words to the song written by Ray Evans below...

When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich, Here's what she said to me
Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, the future's not ours to see
Que sera sera, what will be, will be.

When I was young, I fell in love, I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows day after day, Here's what my sweetheart said
Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, the future's not ours to see
Que sera sera, what will be, will be.

Now I have children of my own, They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich, I tell them tenderly
Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, the future's not ours to see
Que sera sera, what will be, will be.