The document discusses how perspectives can change depending on one's circumstances and experiences. It provides examples of how feeling fear, dread, or unhappiness can come about only when experiencing something different, such as seeing the world from a helicopter, living on a high floor, gaining sight after blindness, experiencing wealth after poverty, and more. The overall message is that true happiness and contentment comes from appreciating what one has rather than constantly desiring more, as becoming too attached to wealth or status could reduce one to feeling like a "lifeless commodity" if it was lost.

1. LIFELESS COMMODITY
When I stood on the earth and stared at the sky; I wasn’t the least ruffled by what I
saw; continuing to stroll at a leisurely pace humming a mystical tune,
While it was only when I peered down from the helicopter amidst the clouds;
that I felt an uncanny wave of fear grip my mind; the mind-boggling distance;
scaring the daylights out of my breath.
When I stood on the stony ground and sighted the building; I profoundly ridiculed
the clothes flapping astray; with every draught of weak wind,
While it was only when I lowered my eyes down; kneeling my elbow against the
balcony of the 100th floor; that I almost did nature's call in my trousers; simply
flabbergasted by the boundless depth separating me and the mud.
When I was born blind since birth; I could hardly perceive the benefits of vision;
infact made a mockery of those who walked without a stick,
While it was only when I had a perfect pair of glistening eyes; witnessing the
ravishing beauty of Globe at close quarters; that I felt petrified to the last bone down
my spine; everytime I envisaged of life without sight.
When I was as black as charcoal; the blistering rays of afternoon hardly having any
producing effect on my ungainly complexion; I chortled loudly at people applying
make-up creams to protect their skin,
While it was only when I was a snobbish alien; embodied with the color of a
white powdered angel; that I dreaded the aftermath of even taking a single step in
Sunlight.
When I was transgressing on ground for several years without feet; I sympathized
with people having bulging legs; infact quite happy to crawl delectably all
around using my hands,
While it was only when I was a robust man; adorned in bombastic garment; that
I trembled at the tiniest mention of meeting with an accident; having to bear the
tyranny of walking with crippled ankles life long.
When I was illiterate; signing every document with my back of my thumb; I was at
blissful peace; unaware and miles away from the intricacies of this
manipulative world,
While it was only when I had accomplished the most stupendous of education;
had my wardrobe inundated with degrees from all corners of the world; that I
had nerve-wrecking dreams every night; of the consequences which would stab
me; if at all I lost my memory.
When I was philandering in the dark lanes; I slept like a demon on the park
benches; adapting the open cover of sky as my sole companion,

2. While it was only when I was snuggled comfortably under silken sheets; the
glimmering lights of the palace; sequestering me from the outside dark and
chill; that I hiccupped incessantly; the instant I imagined my body bare chested;
enveloped by the freezing winds of the Himalayas.
When I was overwhelmingly sad; struck by hysterical grief since my childhood;
I contemplated people pretentiously smiling around me to be the greatest of fools;
unperturbed by the jokes they occasionally cracked,
While it was only when I was gifted with all the felicity; bounced in sheer
euphoria every unfurling second of the day; that I shivered uncontrollably;
when I thought of my existence without my beloved; plunging forever into the
corridors of gloom.
And when I was poor; endeavoring hard each day to fight for my bread; I was
the happiest man on this universe; as I had the capacity to fantasize about
the most greatest of riches; and was yet contented with the meager means I had
for survival,
While it was only when I was exorbitantly wealthy; having a battalion of cars
following me wherever I went; that I felt like I was dying every moment; with
the thought of all this affluence deserting me some day; and bathing my scalp
with raw shrubs of grass instead of perfumed shampoo; transforming me from a
Human into a lifeless commodity.