Bounded.

I can never forget that cold winter night. I was just five, limping on that road, almost moving with no speed, looking here and there for some help. I was so hungry that I would've eaten anything. I even checked dustbins but got nothing. It would have been my last night if only that guy wouldn't have taken me to his home. He gave me food and next morning took me to a doctor. Since that day it has been 15 years. I can easily understand his language now. My previous owner threw me out because I was weak. But this guy is altogether different, he took me in just because I was weak and needed somebody.

He made a home for me outside his home. He took care of me and played with me every day, but he never tied me with a rope. Even I have made many mistakes, I have chased cats in the house, I have broken things and at times I have been too much to handle by anybody. But he never beat me, tied me with a rope or put me into the cage, he just changed the place he kept things. So many afternoons I have spent roaming on the roads, but at the end of the day, I would come back to him.

I have seen others of my kind in the cage, tied with belts on the neck, where if they resist much they'll get choked and every time I see them I appreciate my keeper even more.

Sleep.

Sleep.

I still remember those summer vacations, when my mom used to scold me and put me to sleep in the afternoons. How energetic I was! I used to play till I got dead tired. Sleep was my biggest enemy then. I used to like my extra five minutes in my bed in the morning. Getting out of the house in the morning and coming back only after the setting sun was my daily routine.
I would like to think of myself as a spoilt brat. Cricket, marbles, vitti dandu, spin top were some of my favorite games; that energy was enormous and justified. But yes, time changes everything and it did. It changed my greatest enemy; sleep, to my closest friend. Now, my parents have started scolding me because I sleep too much. I have become lazy, they say often. I'm found in my bed most of the times, playing games on my phone, browsing the internet, watching some movie or TV series.
Did I have any kind of energy source that time, like a nuclear reactor, which powers the iron man suit? I wonder! What is the reason behind this tremendous change? At that time we never tried to control the situation; we followed our hearts and let our fate decide what happens next. Instead of worrying, we were too excited to ignore the present. Is it the responsibility of the past or the worry of the future which is weighing us down?

Dreams and Deeds.

Dreams and Deeds

Can you rewind? Yeah, just a little. Let’s revisit your childhood. You are a kid, who looks at the birds and dreams of flying in the sky. You are fascinated by their degree of freedom. To get the similar feeling, you started to play with the paper planes. And for the same reason, you’re a big fan of Iron Man because that’s the coolest way to achieve your dream. You are growing with a strong belief that you will succeed one day. But you also know that it is very difficult to gain that success. Even, at sometime, something within you tells you to give up that faith in yourself. But wait, you love cartoon characters and the good thing about them is that they never give up. And you decided to do the same.

Now, let’s move to your teenage days. You just got done with your school and aiming to become an engineer. Your parents put you in some dignified JEE classes, because that’s the least they can do for you. You started to study with the hopes of getting into IIT. But, by the time you realize how much hard work it takes to get into one, you are already in some regional engineering college. And that is where your dream really starts to fade. You know that with your level of hard work you are not going to get what you always wanted. You still decide to aim high and work hard in the future.

As time passes, you come to know that you are actually doing good. You are too busy in bunking classes, having fun and all that teenage swag. You are too fascinated by the glamorous world aroun you that you can’t even snap out of it. Day by day you are losing the remaining faith. You are waiting for a job offer from some IT company, so that you can continue with your luxurious life or should I say the planned life. Eventually, someday you will get married and will have few kids like every other common person.  You will keep hoping that one day your children will make your dream come true.  'Living on hopes' was your strategy from the start after all. Thank you very much for not giving up.

As a kid, you did your job perfectly. You dreamt high. As a teenager, you started falling. You did nothing. Your deeds never synchronized with your dreams. What you dreamt and what you did was totally different. You failed miserably. But the truth is, you didn’t fail. That was actually the first step towards success. You should not give up that easily. You tried, now you need to try even harder. So, laugh at your past and recall your dreams. Beause, it is never too late to start once again and as the quote goes 'Its better late, than never' !