Q. What does one do when a beautiful young girl waves at you?
Option 1: Wave back!
Option 2: Look around to make sure its you, wave back!
Option 3: Grin like an Idiot but still wave back!
Option 4: None of the above. (That's a thumbs down)
Life is full of surprises, it's more a game of incredibly funny rules. A game of hide and seek! That's the best way to look at it. At its simplest form there are just the two kinds, the runners, who keep running away from almost anything and on the other end we have the seekers, who try to find more without running too far away! So the fundamental point I am trying to make is that one needs to run in any role. The moment one stops running, life begins!
What does it take to stay positive and keep dreaming? Do we have to go back to being a baby again? Probably yes.... The infant knows no fear, carries no baggage and sleeps peacefully! A deadly combination.
If one is, still running, in the game; it seems very important to stay ahead. The ones who fall back are left behind. That is worth fearing. To overcome this, one needs constant up gradation. The willingness to change! Interestingly none of us are happy to change. Someone once said "The only person who welcomes a change is a wet baby!" The mammoth baggage we keep adding to the already huge one we tend to carry weighs us down. This fear coupled with the crippling baggage makes one forget the simple mantra, the precursor to having great dreams - We forget to sleep!
I had this dream this evening, while riding a motorcycle and simultaneously balancing two of the Ten feet wide banners, there was too much of traffic in the entire stretch and I was forced to stop at the signal at the end of this narrow road. The claustrophobic effect made me think of the 600 odd friends on my Facebook. What if I get to 1000 friends first and then manage to make them contribute Rs 1000 each, and match each contribution my self. If I maintain this in a savings account then I will be sitting on at least 20,00,000. That my dear friends will be good enough for any cause!
All this thrilled me to no end....That was when it happened for the first time in eight years..... A beautiful young girl waved at me from a passing automobile...... I am sure that I registered the "I am the President of the Stupid Club" expression on my face. If there is such a club I would have done them mighty proud! For some strange reason my attention was diverted to the white car she was travelling in... I did not take in the details.... I don't even know if she was even vaguely familiar to me. I don't know why I froze.... May be it was John Lennon signing "Watching the wheels" inside my head..... I am usually not good with names, but never forget a face! I am still breaking my head to remember the face! All this has left me sleepless at 2 in the morning....
Now, this made me realise that I am still in the run, life has not begun yet! John Lennon has to wait a little bit more for me to join his circus...
If she knows me well...then all I can say now is....I am sorry....., I will never forgive myself for choosing option 4!
P.S. The Lyrics of "Watching the Wheels" By John Lennon.
People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm o.k. well they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game
People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball
Ah, people asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry I'm just sitting here doing time
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I had to let it go. I had to let it go. I had to let it go...
