Taking for Granted : Part 2

(In the previous post, UFO and I jumped into the Pensieve to get to the bottom of this thing called ‘taking for granted’. Now read what happened…)

 “Hope I won’t drown in this bucket!” I said quite frightfully. 

“No chance! Just to look at your hulk and calculate mathematically” the UFO remarked in a mean voice.  

“Where are we heading and when are you letting me understand the concept?” I was impatient.

“Shh… just watch around and look at what I show you” ordered the UFO. Suddenly I saw people, houses, roads, traffic, organisations… a whole civic system was in front of me!

“Now see those parents playing with their kids – the little boy just learnt the second table, and they are deciding that he shall be an engineer from one of the IITs when he grows up! The little girl just saved an ant from getting crushed and they are finding the right qualities in her to become a doctor”

“There you see that youngsters skipping classes and watching movies; no worry about exams or admission test; but expect their parents to fund their indiscretions, buy them admissions and support them financially for settling in life”

“Look at that husband taking all the major family decisions; leave alone consulting his wife, but totally forgetting her existence!”

“Here you see a wife blowing up all the money on unwarranted shopping totally unmindful of her husband’s financial position and commitments”. 

 “In the world around you, you can see these happening every minute and in every sphere!”

“People take governments for granted and governments take taxes for granted”

“Politicians take voters for granted and voters take elections for granted”

“The police take people for granted and people take the Law for granted”

 “Directors take movie-goers for granted and actors take financiers for granted”

“Employers take employees for granted and employees take elevations for granted”

“Schools take students for granted and students take curriculum for granted”

“People take heath for granted and hospitals take our wallets for granted”

“We all take Life for granted and Life takes continuity for granted!” the UFO sighed in exasperation.

“Stop …stop… enough of it… just because I asked you to explain the concept…. Please don’t take me for granted! I am fed up of this! Just take me back home” I shouted in frustration.

The UFO smirked and said “you should have had this wisdom before getting on to these tricky topics!”

“Okay! Point conceded. But be kind of enough to take me back through the bucket without of course spilling even a drop of water” I pleaded with the UFO.

“Presto! We are back in your living room!” I looked around and found it to be true and my precious bucket of water was intact and undisturbed.

“So my dear writer, I make a move! But just remember to keep a Chomp in the fridge in case if I ever chose to come back next time!”

“Of course I would!” I assured the UFO. It majestically adjusted the white cloak and whooshed out of the room.

The loud clanking sound of a vessel falling onto the kitchen floor shook me out of my slumber.

“Blistering Bajjis of the oily kind! Off with you devilish rat! It …. It… certainly takes our sleep for granted!” I shouted out in anger.

Oh!  Sorry! Let me stop. I shouldn't be taking the pages or the readers for granted!

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