A tête-à-tête with a circus clown…
How is the circus life?
Tough! Less people are coming to watch the circus these days and survival is becoming a challenge every day.
Why did you become a clown?
I like to make people laugh. Seeing a smile on the faces of people is a wonderful thing.
But if your life is so tough how do you manage to be content by making people smile? And more importantly how do you manage to make them smile if your life is sad?
Hmm… interesting question. The people who come to watch a circus do not share the sorrows of their lives with me. But I am aware that they are here to forget all that and have a good time. A clown’s important task is to make them forget all the pain and keep them smiling from the moment they enter the circus tent till the moment they step out. You know sandalwood? When you rub a sandalwood piece it gives out a nice smell. We clowns remember this and even when our lives are not so happy we make sure to make our customers happy. At the end of the day, we neither know the suffering of people coming here nor we share any of our problems with them, so what really matters is the sharing of a few smiles which gives me a peaceful sleep at night. I think everyone should be like a clown in their lives – expect less and give more.
I walked out a bit wiser from that short conversation. A joker is important in a circus and a pack of cards as well. Are you a joker in your life?
4 comments:
Well ...
Joking and pulling people down ....
Joker ...may not be .. but dont mind finding ways to make people smile if not laugh
hey sudeep! nice post :) makes one think about the importance of being a joker....
~*~When you rub a sandalwood piece it gives out a nice smell~*~
it is important for us to sit and think if we are behaving like the sandalwood or the garbage bin in the lives of the ones around us.
Nice post.
how are u doing?
Those were some wise posts :)
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