A litttle flash back into our childhood..i guess for the majority of us. Going to school with backpacks loaded with books and copies of CW, HW and all..with a milton water bottle on shoulders...some natraj pencils in our Superman or barbie painted pencil boxes... Going to school was the toughest task... We would worry about our homeworks, our grades, insults in class when teacher would kick you out of the class for either whispering the answer for your friend during an oral test or for making funny noises sitting at the back... Thats all what worries meant for us.... We were really happy, living every moment with a detail....we enjoyed every cricket match we played, we relished every point earned playing Road Rash or Contra or even Mario. Maybe some girlish stuff is missed out there like playing Home Home (Ghar ghar :P) or even playing marbles on street, draping mumma's Dupatta like a saree. We even enjoyed dreaming ourselves in shoes of maybe a footballer, a Pilot, an Actor, a Dancer, our class teacher or a Musician...wow daydreaming was so much fun..sometimes gave us goosebums.. That was a phase, really an enjoyable and memorable phase.
School passed...now what...college..college..college..is what is on mind.. We run about for few months giving exams..attending admission programs...and somehow manage to get enrolled... Sighh..thank God m not left behind..I also have a college to attend. College starts. Man, a hell lot of fun. There are songs out there based on college days. A new world, new set of people, new syllabus again...we take little time..adjust..find our kind of people to hang out with...start bonding...and a gang is formed. After a little while we start realizing that after college there isn't any place we can go where our parents are going to pay for our access unless u go to college again for another set of semesters. We start getting worried...job..job..job...future..future..future..is what all we think till 4th year and finally get through in sm interview and bang...we are happy again. A phase passed.
College over...Office starts. Now this is actually THE PHASE. A daily routine starts..Do baar punch Ek baar lunch....this mantra stays the same even if you become the VP of your organisation. You start working day in and out..meeting deadlines..following orders..running without panting to meet someone called appraisals. Even though that some isn't competent enough to reward you for your marathon.
...Now Take a flashback to first paragraph... We all used to have some dreams..some materialistic..some passionate...whatever may be ...but we had some dreams which actually made us very happy when we dreamt about them. Also its true that most of us aren't in the same shoes which we saw ourselves in dreams.
But at the same time some friend of ours or a know person is living your dream..they are actually a part of a football team, or a rally driver, training as a fighter pilot or even teaching at a school ..whatever may be.
This friend also might not be living his dream, but he is living yours. This sometimes makes us feel like..Oh Man..wow wish I could be in those shoes today. This is the irony of our present phase.. This may even cause dis-satisfaction to some of us. We start loosing interest in our work..keep complaining about our job...life becomes boring.
But thats not how it is supposed to be. This is a phase which shall pass too. Rather we should take these circumstances positively. The more your known people do great things (things which you consider great)..the more it should inspire to rebuild your dreams..and set new targets. Keep small goals..strive...and achieve them...satisfaction will start setting in. Small goals will lead to larger ones..which could ultimately be your dream...reaching where people might tell you - "You are where I would want to be"...
Find happiness in every small moment of life...and whenever sad just remember..Its a PHASE..it shall pass too and you will remember this day later just as a PHASE.
