Chasing your dreams

Life is ever changing. You make all the plans you want, but there will always be loopholes in them that life exploits. There are so many possible situations that you can't possibly plan each case to perfection. And this is where the unpredictability of life comes in. Well, if everything was predictable life would be boring.

Having said that, one can't really be too excited when plans go wrong- especially when they relate to your ambitions. Until recently I used to think (quite illogically) that people never get something when they get too excited about it. To put it in other words, things which they crave for the most are quite unreachable. But giving it more thought, it seems that people remember only those things which they wanted badly and didn't achieve it. There are so many rejections which we get in daily life and we hardly remember most of them. Why? Because we were not very excited about them in first place!

It pretty much is a challenge to chase our ambitions. How many people do we know who are actually pursuing what they really want to do? How many people do we hear daily telling us "Oh I actually wanted to be X, but now I got into Y. Life is all about compromises."

There is no universe conspiring for or against you. Its just you and the infinite situations that can happen with you. Some plans will work, others wont. One can't plan for all possible cases. And it is these very loopholes, which we call problems that we fall into and give up. Then we compromise and accept whatever comes our way.

Life is not a compromise, its just a measure of how far we are willing to go to achieve what we really want from it.

Glory.

It’s one of those days when you cannot think of anything else but victory. Indian cricket fans of around my age have been waiting all their lives for this one moment – when India lifted the World Cup. And more than anyone else, the little master has been in patient hunt of the most valued prize in world cricket. Years of thirst for holding the cup that matters was finally quenched yesterday, and now he can proudly set out for his final stage of a career that most probably would never be matched. Talk about greed, fans want more! We all are waiting for just one more feat from the master- the 100th hundred. And that day, Sachin fans throughout the world will experience “Moksha”.

I have no doubt that Indian cricket lovers over the world wished they could be in India for celebrating this indeed special moment which will be etched in sports history. I miss the fireworks and the massive celebrations back home. But it gives sweet joy and misty eyes when I see the numerous videos of celebration. No other religion than cricket itself can unite over a billion people, celebrating their nation’s triumph on the greatest stage of their most beloved sport. It was great to see Indians all over the world exchanging pride and joy. Undoubtedly, this will stay with us for a very very long time.

A slight thought passes through the mind though. They have done their jobs, but have we done ours?