{"id":589,"date":"2020-10-15T12:26:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/?p=589"},"modified":"2020-10-15T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:26:19","slug":"variety-is-the-spice-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/2020\/10\/15\/variety-is-the-spice-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Life\nis journey where one travels and enjoys every moment. Yes it is a journey, so\nit cannot be monotonous one. Life has ups and downs. If it were a straight road\nwithout any turn or twist then it would be very boring. This world is a stage\nupon which the drama of life is played by men and women. It is a very\ninteresting drama.&nbsp; That is why nobody, however miserable, likes to leave\nthis world.&nbsp; This drama is so gripping because the scenes are changing\nevery moment.&nbsp; Light changes into darkness; childhood changes into old\nage; life changes into death; dry seeds change into lovely tall trees and rosy\nlips and cheeks change into wrinkled faces. Change or variety is a part of\nlife.&nbsp; In fact, it is variety only that adds flavour to life. Change is\nconstant but essential for human life. When a child is born, it must grow and\nlearn. A child cannot remain a child forever. Time changes. That change brings\nvariety into life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Change\nhas its own thrill and delight.&nbsp; Look at nature.&nbsp; Does it not undergo\na change every moment? Everything is changing.&nbsp; The sun rises and sets.\nThe sun scorches the earth and rain cools it down\u2014every second is unique. Every\nmoment, there is a change. The change in the universe and the nature is so sure\nand so constant that night has to change into day. The proverb \u201cVariety is the\nspice of life\u201d, stresses the need to introduce changes in life to make life\nmore meaningful and enjoyable. Spices are of different flavours and they add to\nthe taste of the food. Different flavours are used for different dishes. If the\nsame spices are used for different dishes, the taste is lost. The variety of\nspices makes food more palatable. Thus, eating becomes a pleasure. As spices\nare to food, so is variety to life. The repetition of the same routine makes\nlife dull and monotonous. But variety of things and ideas brings fun and joy\ninto life. Coarse, unbleached cloth is enough to make dress for a man. But\nthere are superfine, bleached cloths also. The wearing of dresses made of such\ncloths makes us more elegant and acceptable. Variety is needed in every sphere\nof life. If the same food is served every day, eating becomes unpleasant. If\nthe same routine is followed in a family, life becomes monotonous and less\nenjoyable. Picnic, shopping, watching good films and engaging in good hobbies\nprovide variety to life. Monotony kills the pleasure of life. But variety of\nscenes, people, places, food, clothing, art and entertainment can make living a\npleasure. Change brings happiness and happiness makes people lively and cheerful.\nThus, variety fills our hearts with joy and pleasure. In life, there is&nbsp; always change of conditions. One may be happy\nand the next second one may turn sad. The uncertainty and unpredictability of\nlife make us want to live. What change is to nature, variety is to life. Life\nwithout variations is death.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose\nyou go to a marriage function, there you are served with best quality sweet\ndishes all the time. How will you feel? May think the people are mad and do not\nknow there must be some sour, spicy, salty things in food. So that there is\nsome variety of flavour in eating. If we want variety in our food, then it is\nobvious that we also want variety in life. One cannot be always healthy;\nsimilarly, one cannot be always sick.&nbsp;\nEveryday life can get mundane. Variety is the spice of life means that\nlife could be made more interesting by making some significant changes. The\nmessage conveyed by the above phrase if taken seriously could change the course\nof our lives. It is good to try different things. If one is used to having\nlentil and rice everyday for lunch, for a change a plate of Biryani is very\nwelcome. A cook uses different spices, different garnishes; each rendering the\nsame dish a different taste. Similarly, if we make changes in our life we could\nchallenge the sameness and lead more meaningful lives. Variety in our lives\ndoes not necessarily mean that we go about making drastic changes. That would\nbe disastrous. We must look for all options and then decide which one is right\nfor us. When children study a particular subject over a period of time, they\nget bored. A good way to keep the child\u2019s interest up would be to introduce\nsome variety. A picture book or a game that teaches the child while he plays.\nThe youth are probably the most active and replete with energy. Because of\nyoung age, they are adventurous and make variety of decisions both good and\nbad. The decisions which they make certainly show a new world to them. They\ntravel a lot, they do trekking and other activities. This way they are very happy\nand smiling. All the happiness is due to the spice variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One\nmight get old physically but if the heart is young then the body will follow\nand try to keep pace with it. So what can keep the old, young at heart? Going\nfor a walk day after day could get really boring. One would see the same faces\nand the same surroundings. Instead, one could go swimming, or join a yoga\nclass, maybe. Many oldies who have joined dance classes have found that they\nhave brought back the missing zing into their lives. Learning a new activity is\nnot just fun, it gives you the opportunity to make new friends. Just like a\nspice could ruin food if it is used in excess, as well as variety could ruin\nour lives if we started applying it indiscriminately. Imagine a scenario where\nparents decide that they are fed up with each other and want to try new\npartners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although\nthis might sound interesting and exciting to them, it would be morally\nunethical and would damage the fabric of their family\u2019s existence. However,\nthat does not mean that they must lead a lacklustre life. They could introduce\nvariety by making some changes. Instead of eating dinner every day, day after\nday with the family they could opt once in a week to go out for a candlelight\ndinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life\nwould have been dull and dry, dismal and dark, if there had been no variety in\nit. Variety plays the same role in life as the spices play in the preparation\nof dishes. In fact, it is not possible to think of life in which there is no\nvariety.&nbsp; Any action, however interesting\nat first, becomes monotonous in the long run.&nbsp;\nFor example, a person wants to bring some change in his life, then the\nfirst of all he will adopt new fashion. It is the common human behaviour to get\nattracted to new things and these innovations emerge from exploring things. If\npeople stop exploring the ideas, then life will become stagnant and no thrill\nand excitement will remain in life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Variation\nis the only thing which makes life interesting and worth living. Life needs\nconstant variation. Without it, life becomes boring and stagnant. New\ninnovations, technologies and knowledge are the ingredients of variety.\nExperiencing new ideas and innovations broadens one\u2019s vision and increases\nefficiency. When a person&nbsp; has new ideas,\nhe will also make them part of his life and try to benefit from them.\nSimilarly, in the field of knowledge on every stage in life there is desire to\nlearn new things. This learning process continues throughout the life.\nSuccessful persons in life are those who always remain busy in learning in every\nfield. By this process of learning new things, they not only satisfy human\nnature but also become successful in their life. In addition to it in daily\nlife, we sometimes want new friends to make it more enjoyable and interesting.\nHowever it does not mean that we become bored of our old friends. We just want\nsomething new in our life. This desire is fulfilled by making new friends in\naddition to old friends. So process of friendship continues in the whole life.\nSumming up it may be said that variety is the spice of life. Change or variety\nin its all forms makes life attractive, bearable and worthy to live. Monotonous\nlife without any variety would be dreary and not worthy to live. So in order to\nmake life attractive some room or space should always be kept empty for\nvariety, change or innovation or in other words, change or variety should be\nwelcomed in its all forms. Without change nothing is beautiful. A river has to\nflow, it cannot be still. A tree has to grow, it cannot be always a sapling.\nSorrow and happiness are like the wheel, one has to go up and other has to go\ndown. With variety and change, life will surely be more beautiful.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life is journey where one travels and enjoys every moment. 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