THE LONE WALK

THE LONE WALK

Sitting in my chair and staring across the length of my room, I start to pen down this new article. It has been almost two and a half years since I last blogged. As I begin the article, I wonder where the author in me was lost.

This question leads to a simple quagmire of life within which we are stuck. The more we crib, the more we complain about our life, the more we get sucked in its complexities.

The author in me was not lost. He was present all the time, waiting to be found. He was waiting to unburdened, to be creative once again. 

This is the situation for a majority of the population. We tend to go with the natural flow of life and take life as it presents itself to us. We may not like something, we may not want to do something but still we persist with the same. We move with the herd. We keep on complaining and suffering just for the purpose of being alive.

Resistance is a virtue which a few possess and fewer are able to actually utilize it. But it is this quality that gives us the strength to go against the tide. Resistive people may be mocked around initially. They may even be looked down upon. The force of the herd may overwhelm these people initially. But eventually they will prevail in life. 

Darwin’s theory suggests that only the fittest of all survives. And though they form the minority section, in the end they emerge victorious just because they dared to tread upon a path different from others. We must always remember that although successful people are in few numbers, they create such an impact which majority of others may not be capable of.

I don’t know what hit me with such thoughts but I am back to writing once again. And it really feels good to do the thing that you actually love. I got so engrossed in the complexities of life that I actually forgot to live. I was just surviving. This is the case with majority of people in the world. We tend to find unhappiness instead of happiness. But we don’t realize that the key to finding happiness is within us. It is waiting to be found just like I found mine. It may take a moment or 2 years like it took for me or even more. But the important thing is that it needs to be found.

Our life is one long journey. We have family, friends, acquaintances etc. but we walk on the path on our own. So instead of walking with crowd, why don’t we unleash ourselves and try to go in the opposite direction? We may be walking towards sunshine, who knows? Go for walk, pick up your guitar and make some soul-stirring music, sing a song and what not. Just ensure that we take a moment of our life just for ourselves and see what wonders happen in life.

So then, are you ready to make a U-turn?

Are you ready to go against the tide?

Have you realized what actually gives you happiness?

I just did and hope all of you do the same.

Let’s live when we have a choice, why merely exist for namesake.