The Ramble...

                  Just went through an awesome presentation made by a friend on her life, her accomplishments and her achievements. As I was thinking on what all she has achieved, very subconsciously I began to retrospect what have I attained?  Is that good enough?? To my disappointment the answer was no..it is not..!! The “NO” brought this whole thought process to my conscious mind. When I tried looking around I found so many people who have achieved so much more in life..while I have done nothing..still..! My mother, a national level snooker player; my brother, a guitarist; this friend who is an amazing writer, another friend who is a great photographer...! People who dance, who sing, who can draw, who are skilled in some or the way...are all there...form a major chunk of my friends and acquaintances!!!

                This got me thinking...Is it a mandate that every individual has to have some talent, some achievement that he can boast about..? What about people like me?? I have been to school for 14 years, an undergraduate college for 3 years, then another 2 years for a post-graduate course..! Started with a business, called it quits and then started with another...  No achievements.. whatsoever..!!

                   So does it not count if a person survives through this life, the ups and downs..and in the meanwhile...doesn’t feel like doing something extra-ordinary?? Why does one need to pull off something exceptional to win accolades from the society?  And more so since the rave reviews of the life history of an individual solely depends on the “so called achievements” .

                      I mean c’mmon..we are all here to survive, and yes we do that pretty efficiently..Remember- “survival of the fittest”...so since we are one of the fittest..I think that should be good enough..!! But seems it isn’t!! Accept the fact! Expect no limelight...if you are simply fighting the battle of survival..if you do not have any inborn talent, if you aren’t a sportsperson, if you do not have that x-factor, if you are just another human being..!! Then, there is an unending drill that goes on in one’s mind to find if there exists some latent talent that one might have...but sometimes...there isn’t any..sadly so! And this gets him a tag of being Oh So Futile!

                   

                   Having said, seen and experienced all of that, I still manage to find happiness, probably in the sweet nothings of life, in the nature around, in those good vibes from people, in my solitude, and mostly in the virtue of my being. Because, somewhere, deep down in my heart I still believe, in what Hans Christian Anderson said...and rightly so.. “To Travel is To Live”