It has become more of a routine now to store incomplete blogs in my system folder, and feel convinced that most of them are not worth completing(perhaps an excuse… ;)) And finally comes out this article. Incidents like today have occurred before and I have been forced to contemplate about the same matters and thoughts before, too. But, may be now is the fine hour to write about them. I had to meet up with a corporate executive today regarding a job and got bored of the conversation, usual advice…same questions and some very predictable suggestions. It all looked like dissuading rather than persuading me to travel along a meaningful career.
According to me, there are simply two ways to take life – either consider everything logical and take wise, thoughtful and calculative decisions or just go by your intuition, listen to your heart and proceed. A widespread misconception is that the latter doesn’t involve practicality (ssssh sometimes people are just jealous you live the way you wish and you are able to) but the truth is that going by your heart doesn’t mean you are a just a dreamer or a dramatic human. It is just that you don’t go by ALL (stress) the rules, habits and behavior set by the so formed society around us. Don’t we all know that during times of origin of mankind, we were closer to nature, consumed any available food around us, found out new ways of living, did what we liked and felt like doing at any moment and still loved…laughed….populated…completed our lifespan to the best?
I suppose you would be wondering why am being seriously affiliated towards common topics like above and what’s the relation? The day of my meeting at the IT hub – these were things running at the back my mind in a fast steady pace and I instantly stopped them at a point. Soon after my work, felt a little blank as I strolled along the well designed wooden bridges there. I could see tall buildings with sharp architecture, hundreds of corporate people moving around like busy bees and my focus shifted towards the huge collection of flowers around (no one bothered about them except for the hard working gardener amidst).
My camera could wait no longer and I jumped along the grass to capture anything that I found beautiful and interesting. I could feel the happiness in me as I observed the assorted pretty range of flowers in marvelous shades (like a paint shop brochure ;)) and a voice roared from inside “Hey, this is what you like…walk..jump..run..click…think...and what are you running behind for, in those glass buildings?”. I didn’t want to analyze the voice too much, perfect wrong time in my life to do so. Reason is, sometimes…it’s not that you don’t know what you want…I knew way back in school that I wanted travel and journalism or fine arts(nutrition and science was the last choice)...it’s just that you should be destined to walk that path. And when that’s not your time, you would be tangled with the best of wrong people, situations and forced decisions. Now, this could be rightly understood only by folks who have gone through drastic ups and downs and changes in life – or it certainly would sound plain and stupid, that’s okay and I require a minimum of 40 pages for that episode of my life to be well justified!
We started talking, his dad was busy chatting up with some executives there and he seemed to be needing company. The best thing about being with kids is that you live in this moment and they teach you how positive and simple you can take life, and the same reason why I choose to be with them...they just suit me J. The blue eyed fella was up to shooting questions…cars..bikes and I knew little about them which left him a little disappointed.
The topic floated towards flowers and thank god , I knew most of their names and had good amount of info about some of them in hand. Slowly, he seemed to be capitulated and threw an adorable look at me to say “Hey...I think I like you” and I was like “Awesome, an 8 year old boy likes me…so?!” J
He didn’t stop with that and got curious about what I wanna do in life, what’s my passion etc and I don’t know why , but I shared some of my thoughts. I was really unsure how much would he understand but his replies and smile made me feel too good at that moment. His fears were about being lonely at home, too many silly friends and more…I found them quite cute and interesting.An hour later, we had to wave good-bye to each other and before leaving, he stopped to hug me… “Don’t forget me San(that’s what I told him my name was) and when I grow up…if you still have the same pretty eyes and smile and hair and voice….aah and the camera, I would still like you”. With a huge grin, I wished him best of luck and stressed on the line “Just do what you think is right and what you like…people in this world would always have rights, wrongs and comments for every decision you take, so don’t worry” and he replied “Sure, I won’t forget that”.
Perhaps, I was destined to meet this little boy rather than the meeting….we just have to find the right reasons behind every day and happening in our life. There ends the confusion and fear, not that I don’t know this…I know too much and that’s the problem. Plausibly I am slow today but I shouldn't stop anywhere. A job…money…to help myself, to help others is what I would need to survive through the practical world but the days of travelling, studying and reaching places of my deep wishes would surely arrive. It’s simply because today might not be your day, but everyone gets their chance in this world… to achieve and win over their love…their dreams…their passion…their wish…and our job is just to follow the right path which leads there. Leaving the rest to tomorrow….
