What we really want?

He was busy on his laptop deeply emerged in his office work though it was a holiday. His little baby of hardly 2 years old was becomming more and more restless and was doing one or the other pranks which in turn disturbed him a lot. Sometimes she will ask papa whether she was beautiful or not and than a counter question for the answer she got will be immediately fired by her else she will ask how does her dolly look like and when will she able to look like cindrella. Though he answered her all inocent questions with a fatherly gesture but it was evident he was getting disturbed. He could not help it but ask her mother to take care of her.

It was half past the day that he realised what all the fuss behind her witty questions and gestures was.....earlier the day before he has promised to take her out to an amusement park....and the thought of amusement park made her imagine all those witty question in order to make him remind. What she really wanted was his attention to keep upto his promise.

As a kid though we have little aspirations and wishes which becomes so important to us that we only wish for our wishes to come true. Though this continues with us for the rest of our lives. In whatever phase of life we may be the want and need for our wishes getting fullfilled injects new hopes and energy in us. Our lives are a struggle for fullfilment of our dreams, wishes and expectations.

But have we anytime thought What We Really Want? Is it from ourselves or is it from the world around us. As a child we wished we get the toys of our choice or we get uninterrupted attention of our parents, and as a youngster we wished to do all that we liked or wished were free from all the inhabitions of the world/our parents. But as a mature person we do realise our goals and our aspirations and strive to achieve them. We try to be of help to someone and in turn want something in return. A life starting with wishes and dreams ends up becoming a life involving expectations from others and satisfying our wants and needs. We seldom doesnt even want to question ourselves what we really want.

Its hard but true to realise ourselves and question ourselves what we reall y want from ourselves or others. The best way to achive this can be by understanding ourselves our failures and success and providing guidance to others. So as to make it clear for others that what Life really wants from us is that we care for others and share with them their joys and sorrows and bestow a ray of hope for a bright tommorrow. In turn spreading smiles on the little faces of our future.

After all we should realise that Life is a part of this Nature which has always given somuch to all and has never expected anything in return.

Its the way we take it

Life is full of changes and experiences. Each individual has his own experiences and these experiences has its own impact on his thinking and mindset. This forms a base for his attitude towards the way he takes his life and situations.

Very often most of us come across situations and scenarios which are very similar, but the way each individual analysis and tackles them depends purely on his mindset and thinking. One may endup happy and victorious whereas another in the same situation and scenario may be totally lost or disheartened.

To elaborate I would take into consideration the above image. To look in a common manner it is a picture of a road through a valley which a quite common scenario for most of us. Now to put forth my ideas Ill elaborate the thoughts of individuals of different mindsets in observing this view.

A Cool and Happy person:
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A person of this mindset will love to travel in such a scenario. He observes the natural beauty and compares the high and lows of the passage and valley as his ups and downs in life. He sees himself on the top of the hill when he is successful and the serenity of surroundings makes him feel happy and boosts his confidence. He sees the different colors of fading leaves and praises nature for its beauty. He compares the fading of leaves as those moments which paved way for his fruitful life. Though he passes this route once but his mindset towards the surroundings makes an indelible impression on his nature and thoughts which will give rise to new hopes and imaginations for better future.

A Frustrated and Sad person:
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A person of this mindset will find this passage as a long and empty way as compared to his current state of mind. He will find no pleasure in the surroundings as they looks pale and faded. He finds the hill ahead as another big stone of hindrance in his life which he has to face so as to survive. He finds the lows of passage as his failures which becomes more and more high like the ups of passage. The winds looks dusty and the surroundings rusty and he compares the fading of trees to his fading desires of success. Though he passes this passage once, his mindset towards the surroundings will become a part and parcel of his sad and disillusioned life.

Both these individuals can be the same person at different times with different mindsets. But what matters most is the way he takes his current state of mind and his attitude towards life. A person cannot be happy if he keeps on lamenting on his failures but instead one should take the failures as an experience to succeed in future endeavours.

Above all Nature and Life has its own way of encouraging and boosting morale in us. What matters is THE WAY WE TAKE IT.

Highway butterflies

I usually travel on my bike and try experiencing the surroundings. Very often I see these beautiful butterflies on the highways flying from one direction to another without any sense of insecurity from one tree to another even accross the roads. But in their world of freedom and enjoyment they mostly become victims of their own pleasures. As often I find them being brutally hit by a speeding vehicle making them grounded along with their dreams and freedom and at last getting crushed under the speeding wheels of disaster. This is a common scenario which I often come accross on highways and may be sometimes I may be one of the wheels of disaster. But it prickles my senses when I think of these beautiful little creatures, who lived their lifes without any concernes of the world, enjoying their lifes and creating an enjoyable scenario for others who watch them and admire them. But in a instant all these happiness and enjoyment will be short lived and we can never hope to watch them again next time.

Life is moving with a constant speed which cannot be stopped or paused and the time flies along with our age in search of our ambitions and dreams. We maybe never concerned about the small moments and events happening in our lives as we are lost in our race towards future on a highway of life. But somewhere these samll events like the highway butterflies will make us feel happy and unstressed which boasts our energy to go further. But we often anytime realise that in this race of time we crush these moments under racing wheels of disaster. Though these moments are a source of energy to us and to others who create it for us, who care for us, but we being humans in nature for whom selfishness is a facet of life, in a hurry to overdo others give least importance to our wellwishers and overlook their feelings and emotions.

I usually feel if I only could live a life of highway butterflies spreading happiness and joy to others, flying from one stage of life to other achiving new heights in the form of success and going accross human created highway of borders. Though in this endeavour while crossing these highways I may face the wheels of disaster, but I wish to sparkle hopes for other lifes who are yet to become highway butterflies and may in future will fly high in the sky of disasterless world of desires.