My Friend

My Friend called me yesterday and said that she was not ready to cross the line. Yes, the same line that I mentioned earlier. She said 'What then is the purpose of life?' A good question. She said 'I want to be happy, I want to be sad, I want to want things and feel the joy of winning and sadness of losing'. So I said to her that that was absolutely fine. There was no need for her to cross the line. Not yet anyways. Most of us cross the line only when all the other roads lead to dead end. And this is too is a realization hard to come by. And when it comes, there is no other road to embark upon but to take that leap.

I have observed that most of the unhappiness in a life is because you are out of alignment with who you truly are and meant to be. A small example would be to choose a job or a profession which does not align with your passion. This relatively small misalignment can cause so much misery, then imagine the misery that is born out of living day in day out being someone other then what you are meant to be. And being yourself has nothing to do with the job you have or the roles you play in everyday life. It is beyond that.

Life is wonderful in that it hands out these realizations in small doses. Small doses that keep you going and saying 'ah ha.. so this is what it means...'. It makes this journey so joyful. Every day you grow some more and grasp some more of the life and its wonders. The blue skies, the golden sun, the white sands, the aqua marine waters, the peaceful mountains, the meditating trees, singing birds, growing children. I could go on and on listing the pleasures of this journey. So I just smile when my friend says not yet, because right now I am just happy that she knows that there is that line. And once you know, you cannot NOT know. So sooner or later she will get there. Sooner or later she too will stop wondering and start believing. And that too will be a day to celerbrate.