Something which all of us
acknowledge is the presence of the nagging voice in our hearts. It's the voice
which tells us what we really want, what we are or what we have become. It's
that tiny little poke which reminds us how we have somehow screwed up life and
we should "un-screw" it. One of the common commands it issues is to
break free and change everything. Call it whatever you want, I call it Aazadi.
Don't mistake me for the colloquial English synonym "freedom". To
me Aazadi expresses much more than freedom. It reflects the
pride of achieving our dream, cherishing our passion and our inexpressible joy
at doing all of that. Someone finds solace in snapping pictures of animals
while someone loves to play the drums. Someone loves writing poems while on the
flip side, some find sadistic pleasure in being a critic. My point is
that everyone has his or her own forte and guilty pleasures. But not everyone
gets to do that. Some bow down to the pressure of economic troubles and some to
social ridicule. Some are scared by the magnitude to scale and some have
plainly lost hope.Some,like Santiago are still
searching for their Alchemist while some are being their own.
It's a funny thing how many people claim passion to be
hokum,dismissing it as lore.I pity them because they don't know the
feeling of true happiness. I'm on the
path of achieving my own dream, and the rush,the feel,the emotions,the passion
and the pure unadulterated exhilaration is simply unmatchable.
People ask me with awestruck faces "You're 17 and you think
you know your passion and your dreams?Yeah right!". I tell them this:
Dreams don't have age,nor does your passion or happiness. As to how I stumbled
on to my Philosopher's stone, it was easy. Just think and ponder over this
question: "What would you do if money didn't matter?" and you'll find
the answer.
To all those who still believe their thoughts and their dreams are
entangled and chained in shackles, I quote my favourite song
Pairon
ki bediyan khwabon ko baandhe nahi re, kabhi nahi re
Mitti ki parton ko nanne se ankur bhi cheeray, dheere dheere
Iraade hare hare, jinke seeno mein ghar kare
Woh dil ki sune kare na darre, na darre
Subah ki kirno ko rokein jo salaakhein hai kahan
Jo khayalon pe pehre daale woh aankhein hai kahan
Par khulne ki deri hai parinde udh ke choomenge
Aasman aasman aasman
Dream and dream on friends :)
PS:I also recommend you read these posts as well : It's Okay To Be Confused, Debugging Life and Debugging Life(Rebooted)
