Bubble
‘Bubble’ is an echoic word that has risen from the Middle English days. It echoes the sound of ‘b-b-b’, the sound of bubbles breaking one after the other, and together. The bubble is a small ball of air or gas that cannot, and will not, last long.
When bubbles burst all of a sudden they seem to wink at us. For bursting bubbles look like eyes that shut at once. The winking process continues as the bubbles break one by one till nothing remains of them to be seen.
The bubble shows emptiness, as it contains nothing but air or gas. Many people are noted for their bubbles of laughter. They are not sincere in their dealings. They are colourless characters. Their vacant words reveal their worthless inner selves.
There is hardly anyone in this world who does not want to be rich and famous. Likewise, we would love to be honoured by anyone and everyone. We tend to forget that fame and honour are mere bubbles.They may appear to be smiling realities today, but they disappear tomorrow!
No doubt, the world is full of toils and troubles, cares and worries. We should not be discouraged by them; we should treat them as meaningless bubbles. We shall have the sterner stuff in us to face them, and to bring them under our control.
We should not forget that life is not forever. It may be now full of sound and fury. But like a bubble, it will vanish into the air.
The truth is that life is mostly froth. It presents a passing brightness; a glory that glitters only for a while. The ocean waves break into foams of bubbles, which soon end up in airy nothingness. So does life. Even the mightiest of men can be a bubble, and be no more in a moment.
The bubble is perhaps the smallest example of something that dies out in an instant. Of course, the whole universe bears witness to the absence of permanence in creation. The bubble dies as the dew dries up, and the wind blows out.
The word ‘bubble’ is most likely to call up the image of bubble gum to the minds of youngsters. One can go on chewing and chewing and chewing. And then the gum is blown into large bubbles. The bigger the bubble, the greater the chewing power. O, the figure that a bubble makes!
