Friday, December 14, 2012

Possibilities are Endless!!

How would it feel if you have nowhere to go and nothing to do? Well my feeling is that the possibilities are endless! I will tell you how.

First take will be- let’s have some food, listen to music and then may be take a nice long nap. Guess what; don’t you do it every day? So this gets boring. Now what else- I am thinking?? Ok let’s do something different today. Grab the car keys and hit the road.

First stop is at Walmart. Buy some water, a small crate of beer and some munchies. Dellis munchies are really nice and they smell real good. Now you are ready. Wait aren’t you forgetting something? A pack of smokes perhaps. Ok got it. Now we are in business- let’s roll.

Took exit onto the freeway I-494 E towards Wisconsin. Hit the road changed few lanes and now I am at the right most lane the speeds just touching 70 mph and the road is open wide. After a couple of miles- far from the hustle and bustle of Minneapolis. The roads straight and hitting speeds up to 80 mph. Lets put on a song. The iPhone is jacked onto the car audio and Siri is taking care of the tracks. Occasional play or pause and we are back in business.

The roads open wide. Not much of lush green these days. Fall season is almost over and the winter is on its way. An occasional truck or a ford f50 is what is there. The entire freeway is wide open. The audio is still playing. Started off with Guns N Roses, had a bit of U2. Then Pink Floyd- my all-time favorite. Now it time for a bit of Yanni.

Now it’s time to pull over. I searched for a nature park. Those are the places you can go. Choose a view sit on the hood of your car look at the nature and have your food your beer and your smokes. Enjoy the place the moment and the chance you have and reflect on the possibilities.

As I said before my friend possibilities are endless. Make sure you have some of your “me moments”. Life is short and very busy indeed. Now and then you should relax for a bit. Just sit and enjoy the fresh air. Stare and enjoy the view.  Reflect on your life- evaluate your choices do a bit of self-tuning. Once all is done and the time feels right- get up and move on.

Get back to your daily life. Get back to the corporate mumbo-jumbo and those back-stabbing bastards. Those are the ones you are with every day and money well that’s one thing which is not enough- not now not ever. But trust me the one thing which really not enough is time. The city life, the corporate world sucks the life out of you.

Then again that is what life is. Live for others- and after that if you have some time left live for yourself. Continue on that path and when you feel deprived enough- have another “me moment”. That’s something to look forward to.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

The start


The Feeling
It started off as a feeling one Sunday afternoon. A ninety’s song by RD Burman. The teen blood and high emotions gave way as I started drifting over from the angles and functions of trigonometry to some random images in my mind. Suddenly a face became prominent among other images and my subconscious started acting up.

I was now lost in thoughts. Looking outside my bedroom window. Ducks swimming by creating ripples in the pond water. By this time I was over the realm of trigonometry. I was working through my memories as the memories became prominent and the ripples cleared out. I was able to realize a strong bond- one memory. The face of a girl, her smile- her eyes, some innocence some mischief and that song ringing inside my head made my hormones raise. Suddenly I woke up.  I realized that I had already wasted enough of my time. The radio jockey was speaking some nonsense- none of that made any sense. I got up and turned off the radio.

Ten years later… That feeling has amplified itself. I am a grown up man now with different emotions and different set of priorities. Throughout this time I have done things and set things in motion. Now when I look back- I could have focused on that song or I could have focused on those angles. None of this would have happened.