December अंक.......
I have always had fascination towards stories of people who went upstream, in quest of space, which their hearts said, was theirs. I usually take interest in gathering anecdotes about this species, and knowing what drives them into the "reverse mob mentality"
This is about an individual, who would be now 45 years of age, and his journey in these long years. It is about how he forewent a good academic life, to pursue the path of nirvana, and how on being refused space in the ashram where he wanted to be, came back to make a living, decided not to marry for years together and yet at 40 settled with a partner into a mortal living similar to yours and mine.
This is not one off case that I have come across. Have known a couple of people who would have left their well settled employment for things that would interest them otherwise, without backing, who would have given up immensely in love, who would have suddenly left their families, their riches, in search of peace, for spirituality sake or like.
W. J. Slim said,"When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder."
To me it all sounds too astonishing to be true. But what makes me curious is after choosing bolder of the two decisions, were these people more happier and satisfied than what they would have been had they followed the herd? Or were their lives difficult than ours?I searched for an answer to this question long, and then someone just told me" May be they did, cos they were happy that good or bad, they chose their ways, but they all paid a price"
True, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE.
Apparently in their last letters they would have wrote, life could have been led with a thrift in dreams, and compromise of wishes.... cant say... was paying that price worth it for them? Did they regret? Yes or no - But surely they would have been a bit different to have the courage to tread rockier paths, and if I have known things ever, I feel, you donot regret so much about things you have done, than about things that you wanted to.. but didnt.
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One really does have to pay the price. And its an ongoing price that has to be paid. Its never a one time payoff. Letting go of the desire to be part of the rat race is often the hardest thing to do, but I believe after having done that, the hardest thing is to keep walking down the road less travelled. Depends on how much one loves one's passion and how much one hates the rat race.
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