[Reader-list] Life – The Hardware & Software

[Murali V]

*Life* can be equated to a combination of *Hardware and Software*.
Your bodyis the hardware and your mind the software. Just as we have
different forms
of Hardware with varying capacities and capabilities starting from the main
frame computers to PC’s, the human being are also in different forms shapes
sizes and capabilities. The tall & short, Fat and lean, able bodied and the
differently abled. Every one is capable of performing, provided they
understand themselves.

Software is designed to execute various tasks, taking into consideration the
capabilities of the hardware and understanding the limitations. Similarly
the mind has to program the execution of the tasks taking into consideration
what is expected.

If you have observed, well written software bring out the desired result,
while a software written in a hurry and without proper thinking, leads to
BUGS, which will lead to wrong results and may sometimes cause the execution
of the program to crash, resulting in the result not delivered.

Similarly our mind is capable of performing tasks, which could bring out
good results beneficial to one and all. However, invariably, in this jet age
most of us fail to understand this and program the mind to perform tasks,
which are selfish and self centered. A god task is that which takes into
account the entire community of human beings as a whole and performs for the
good of one and all.

Finally, the hardware, that is the computer, also has a life span due to
wear and tear. The time comes when the Hard disk fails or some critical part
of the computer fails to respond leading to system crashes. Life is also
similar. The aging process in human beings, leads to wear and tear of human
body parts, which will ultimately lead to critical parts like the heart
(equated to Hard Disk), brain (Equated to memory in the computer) failing to
respond, leading to death.

That is life. Let us understand and program ourselves to benefit the society
at large.