STANDING FOR THE SELF

It is easier said than done! For some, life is easier than others. They choose a path or do the right thing at the right moment and things begin to settle down in their respective places. For others, it takes time to actually figure out what they really want to do in life and where does their true happiness lie. And this latter group is the one who someday feel that they are nothing but a burden on their families. Many things come in their path to making choices – responsibilities, expectations, family pressure, emotion, financial strain, age factor and what not!!

Many consider that being a single child is a boon; wrong!! Being a single child only means that you are in shackles; there is no one to look forward to and no one behind you to share your responsibilities. There you are... back in dilemma. Now you are a pawn. If your master is good, you might as well win a queen for him, but if not... you die for nothing!

Success is a relative term. Some find it early when it comes to financial success and for others, it comes late. But maturity does come as one ages. At one point of time, if you are not doing enough, you can sense the vibe around. But then your mere understanding the scenario does not help! Remember? You are chained!! You cannot help or stand for yourself; you got to fulfill their desires. They gave you enough opportunities and you wasted them, no matter what the circumstances were - you ruined your chances!!

You are trapped now and cannot escape anywhere. Your good days may mean a government job, enough money to pay for the needs, two children running around, a beautiful home, a vehicle, a peaceful wife and everything good except for your mental well being! No one really wants to know if you are happy with all of these; does happiness for you comprise of all of the above. Maybe you wanted similar things, but in your own terms. Maybe you are someone whose happiness lies in being free. But you can no more decide that now that you are a burden on your family and you are supposed to listen to them, fulfil their dreams and sacrifice your own. And now you have also lost the right to lecture around asking people to do what they actually want to!

You are DONE!!

Whose Victory ??

What you do and what you do not... What you think and how you respond... What happens to you and how you manage a narrow escape... Every bit of action that takes place in your life is a part of a bigger plan. 

If you are trying to change your destiny or are assuming that you have changed it, snatched it out from the hands of time... That too is destiny; it happened and you made it happen only because it was meant to be that way !! It's always a part of the bigger game that time plays with us. You might be thrilled with the outcome you think you have brought with your sheer determination... But let me tell you, it's your destiny that has actually won the gold !!

And He Walks Down The Subway…

He kept thinking as he walked past the lady selling her last bit of groundnut for the day. Another uneventful day has finally come to end; day that started with a phone call from his boss early at 7 in the morning. It’s been the same since the last two months, a repetition of the boring stuff; an irritating call that demands a pen and paper ready followed by a ‘to-be-sent’ Whatsapp text containing his day plan. This day ends with more discontentment; an ‘ever-dissatisfied’ boss and a helpless employee.

He has constantly been interrogating himself whether this is the life he always dreamed of. Then he remembers the famous quote by Barrie which says that the life of every being is a diary that has one intended story which ends up with some other. He smiled!! Maybe this is what people call ‘life’. He walked down the subway. There was no one there apart from him. He was walking all alone. He just wished that he finds a bus back home. He knew it was late but not ‘too late’!!

They say, ‘life is what you make out of it’. He thought that they were wrong. Life is more about being a slave to situations and one cannot really help it. He meets many, talks to a lot of them. Rarely finds anyone satisfied with their job. But they still do. To play with the tide, one he has to be a surfer!

A brand new black canvas that he put on a couple of days back never remained black by the time he reached office. People are all in a rat race chasing unattainable dreams. They are so badly intoxicated that they would stamp you, walk over you to actually find themselves reach nowhere. They are all infected by megalomania.  These thoughts that so frequently occurred to him left him disturbed and restless. He does not like all these. No, he doesn’t want his life to be the same. He will ‘live’ his life and celebrate it the way he always wanted to. It might not be grand, but will surely not leave him an unhappy man. Others may judge him, call him the ‘grasshopper’ who rejoiced his present and sang to the tune of it, but he will make the best of whatever is at his disposal and within his capabilities.