Variety is the spice of life
The desire to enjoy life springs eternal in the human breast. In the case of life, variety is what spices are in the case of food. It is but natural that man should long for variety in life, because sameness soon proves boring. That is why no one likes to wear the same dress to see the same sight, to listen to the same song, to read the same book every day, or to live in the same place or to do the same work all through life. Without variety, life will lose most of its charm and be an intolerable burden. The beauty of a thing is also enhanced by the contrast presented by variety. Looked at from another angle, man may be likened to a many stringed instruments. The five sense organs are the strings attached to this instrument. Then there are also the mind and the spirit. It is the totality of response or reaction of these strings to external and internal objects or stimuli that produce the music of life. The more varied the stimuli, the more varied the response and, therefore, the more varied the music and the greater the joy of life. If we look at the wonderful creation of God, we find infinite variety everywhere, be it the animal world or the vegetable world or the mineral world, not uniformity but variety is the law. The Master Architect has not made any two men exactly alike in appearance or in nature. The same is true of birds and beasts, flowers and leaves, minerals and metals. Indeed, it is the variety that makes nature so grand and beautiful. Variety plays an important part in adding flavour to man’s life in an altogether different field. The varied roles filled by him, the roles of father and mother, of husband and wife, of brother and sister, of son and daughter, of friend and fellowman, impart to him ample freshness, joy and sweetness. Can we conceive of a better and more agreeable spice of life than the spice of love and affection, charity, and goodwill, which we receive and reciprocate during our earthly existence?
