We fail to realize it, but if we introspect our lives, the fact is that we live a marathon on an everyday basis. Marathon towards the finishing line where every one of us seems to scuttle towards either a sky high career, understanding relations, larger than life money gaining opportunities, endless love and a lot more attractions that life has to offer.
However in this marathon we neglect what we possess. Personally even I have neglected the joys of life now for the concerns of the future but that's how the human mind functions- the want for more and a mind full of expectations. We are constantly running against time and the homo sapiens around us who constantly keep an eye on our speed of life.
Maybe a career in Cosmopolitan Magazine -New York or maybe BBC-London, a house in Chicago or maybe a lover like Hugh Grant,the wish list goes on and on and on for everyone. With so many things to cater to, there are very few who would be enjoying the pleasures of life GENUINELY.
Everyone I see around me portrays a smiling face but with thousand predicaments that are relentlessly darned on their minds.
I randomly happened to ask friends If they ran a marathon of LIFE what would they full heartily wish to achieve on the finishing line? Some said love, some said career, one said something permanent be it person or passion, and some were running aimlessly.
But are we just being selfish? Are we forgetting our daily possessions for which we should ideally be thankful about???
Recently I was traveling in the metro and I happened to stand besides a woman who passed a smile when I entered and as I stood next to her, the headphones plugged in her ears blasted a song completely opposite of what her smile portrayed. With the metro consisting of en number of people budging into each other due to a problem of demand and supply of space, I could over hear her song. Although I didn't give a strong thought to the situation then but I was forced to do so when I got out of the metro.
I usually stop at the cafe to grab my usual cappuccino and she was there as well. I was almost done when she looked at me and said " Do you have time for a quick conversation?"
Maybe I didn't or Did I? I was confused but after all I am a girl and I couldn't help but say yes. No fancy place, we were in the sitting area of the metro station itself.
She said-" I have a lot of problems but I wanted to share it with a stranger because none close to me are worth discussing it with. You are a stranger, I will never see you again and thus I've decided to bore you for few minutes to let go off the load on my head."
Does that help? I wondered. Nevertheless I decided to lend a ear. She just took 10 minutes of my time in the entire day but after she spoke her heart out, I was in a fix. Behind that smile were problems that dealt with a sick mother, a dead father, a divorced relation, 3 children to take care of, slogging daily at work place but still a ray of hope.She walked away and till date I haven't seen her. Sometimes I get goosebumps wondering if she was a human or a ghost in disguise.
Life throws challenges at every point of time and you cant help but pave you're way past those challenges hoping to reach a destination with happiness and contentment.
Can Life stop, pause, rewind, forward at any point so that we could breathe amidst the hustle bustle and gain time to reflect and change it to the way we want it to be?
Keep Thinking
Until then, Adios :)
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