Yet Another Random Post

Am I on the right path? Would my life have been any different had I chosen a different path? 
No permutation slash combination of any number of alphabets from any of the known language can actually do justice to the definition of Life. No two people sees Life the same way. But that doesn't necessarily should lead you to the conclusion that any of these view are totally wrong. It is just that you didn't have a perspective or experience in this journey as I had and hence the difference in our conclusions. No matter how like minded you feel you and your partner are, how strong the connection might feel today, be assured that there's a lot that's not common in between you. When the passion wears out, when you get used to of each other, only then do you see the differences, the uniqueness of each soul that otherwise might have been hidden, the traits and qualities that laid bare in front of your eyes but you were too "occupied" to take a note of them. Make sure you can make peace with those differences. For differences alone doesn't mean abomination. Rather they are simply varieties that needs to exist to being in the diversity of life. Merely being on different paths doesn't mean your souls need to drift apart. Just because you cannot see the rationale behind him/her continuing on path of choice doesn't mean there's a dead end way ahead. Just like the path upto now, that brought you two together, which probably was as varied as possible, every path has a future. The road to success isn't defined. No NHAI or PWD has been able to construct any highway that surely leads to success. The best we can do is that believe on ourselves and show a little more faith towards the dedication of the other being, and if ever the path does lead to a dead end see that you aren't too broken to switch lanes for there are other lanes that still waits to be traversed, to be explored and to be conquered. Help yourselves, and when required help others in their crisis. 

The Bottom line, Be careful when choosing a path, but once chosen, be FAITHFUL to that PATH.

The Crossroads

You too shall stand one day,
At that cross road of the woods of life, as they say!

'Lovely', it might not be , but
'Dark' it definitely is!
But come what may, choose you have to,
Easy, it seldom is;

And mind you, be aware of the lure,
That traps many.
An Easy path isn't the key, abort that thought,
If you ever had any.

Putting your comfort at the back foot,
Gather your guts, and get busy
Never fall for the illusions, dear
For the road downhill always seems easy!!!!!!!

FRIENDSHIP - A MIRAGE????

It is believed that we have evolved from apes, an alteration or "defect"  in our genes that pushed our ancestors to take a different path of evolution, thus landing us where we are. This defect has pushed us quite astray from other cousins of ours. While they are still running wild in the jungles (and some in zoos), this species, technically termed as Homo sapiens, just went out of their way to proclaim themselves as the master of this planet. And after one million years of evolution here we stand, calling ourselves the Human Beings and indulging in almost every inhuman task possible.

       When I was in primary school we were told that human beings are social animals. That means unlike other animals that are concerned only of eating and mating, we humans have other concerns, most of these concepts being invented by us. Just as hyenas, we live in packs, where every member has an important role to play. But since we are social beings, the pack was termed as society, I guess. And, with time, developed all those over the top complicated systems that define our societies today. We developed terminologies, rules, positions in the pack (read society) that were to define our “society”. One such position or relation is Friend.

Almost all of us have friends- at least we think we do. Friends are quite integral part of our life, sometimes influencing our lives to an extent that is not quite acceptable to our family. Now I don’t think I need to go on about describing what friend and friendship is all about. There are tons of books, songs, clips, whatsapp videos etc, etc that have immortalized the bonds of friendship. So rather let’s get directly to the core of the topic-(drum roll please): Does friendship really exist, or is it just another myth which we don’t want to acknowledge as one???

   As we go from one phase of life to another, we get different set of "friends." From chocolate sharing wala to the peg sharing wala friend, we have seen them all. But how many of them remains in touch with us as we move on with our life. In this materialistic world it doesn't take much of a time for relations to turn sour. Everyone guards their egos with their life and this in turn has taken toil on our social lives. Friendship is no longer a sacred bond that was epitomized by Shree Krishna and Sudhama in The Mahabharata. In most of the cases today, friendship is that union among individuals that exit may be because of a common passion, hatred or maybe just for thrill. No doubt even today we find tales of friendship which have moved many to tears. But such friendship is as rare as the four leafed clover-you are lucky if you find one. In today's world you are welcome in a place as long as you are profitable to it.

   So what shall we do? Should we pass our whole life in complete solitude, not accepting any friendship proposals? Should we shut ourselves from all the fun and adventure that the life throws at us? NO. Rather, embrace everything that life throws at you, accepting life as it goes on, but with caution. Get into relationships, and give your best in it. Let's not worry about others role in it. Make sure that you do complete justice to the bond that you have established. And even after that if it doesn't work out, be strong enough to move on, for the menu of life has tons of desserts and it would be a shame if you miss any. So is friendship a mirage?? Maybe no. Maybe yes, but at times of great despair, even a mirage can give us that impulse to continue on which may be life saving. So live your life full on, make new friends, party hard, laugh harder, help everyone without expecting any thing in return .  Good luck :)