Friday, October 8, 2010

The Gift

Go on, don’t stop, keep moving ahead,
Just take this leap of faith without being scared.
If you succeed, a swell of pride awaits your reflection in the mirror.
If you fail, that would be one less thing that you’d have to fear.

The road ahead is tricky for sure,
With twists and turns and bends on every corner.
Takers of it are few, challengers to the path even fewer,
But faith and valour are the only virtues that the path’d honour.

What awaits you at the end of the road?
Diamonds, jewels, or maybe a pot of gold?
Don’t you want to know what the future holds?
So, go on, keep moving, for your destiny, you shall mould.

Every second on the path is rewarding, yet every moment priceless.
As it unfolds, the more you know, it just begins to feel less.
This quench for knowledge, this thirst to learn – do not let it die.
Keep moving ahead, the path itself shall be unraveled before your eyes.

When you’ve walked the distance, you’d look to this note and smile.
The smile will speak of the journey, the eyes will tell story of the truth realized!
So, go on don’t stop, keep moving ahead,
Just take this leap of faith, for it’s all there!


Always :)

Friday, October 1, 2010

The Checklist

I realized that it’s been a good amount of time since I last put something down here and so this one comes out. This one’s about the other thing that I’m putting down on paper almost everyday – The Checklist!

Travelling/moving out to other town is an exciting affair. It works on the 3 Ps – Plan, People and Place. All three are vital ingredients. And it’s a long haul from the Plan on the paper to actually getting down to the Place with the People! All along, it’s the loyal checklist keeping you company.

As I am just over a month away from moving out of this city to a new life at a new place with new people, I finally have a decent one in place after struggling with it when I first began. To begin with, I had more than one. One was for the things to carry there detailing even to the number of spoons that I shall humbly bear the weight of along with the rest as they’d all accompany me to this quaint little town – I’d like to call the pair of bags that I’d carry Mr. & Mrs. Life-Lords respectfully so. The list still does get updated every once a while, literally on the paper. The other one – the mental checklist – had the things which I would want to do before I bowed out and away. And that’s when the darned feeling hits you harder – “Man! This is it!”

So, amidst watching the repeats of “How I Met Your Mother" and the not-so-hurried-meals and lazing around in general through the day, I go out doing those things and then crossing them off the list. It is fun as those are the only “productive” things happening in these blissful idyllic times. It’s also fun because you are pouring your heart out; for you do know that the list has the things which are closest to your heart and also the things which you are going to miss the most while away.

This post was one on the list, so having crossed that one off list, I await the morn’ – for the plan is ready and so are the people, Rajasthan – I’m on my way! :)


“When you know, you know!”