Journeys Teach!

Did your degrees ever overlook your dreams? While ‘honesty is the best policy’, why or what compels us to lie? Why we are happy with ‘WHAT IS’ rather than ‘WHAT CAN BE’? What makes us happy about our public relations over private relationships? What are our insecurities? Why we are not happy?

The million Dollar answer to these questions is unknown or may be agreed to be hidden!

Many a times we see our fellow friends in the country getting mesmerized at the sight of ‘foreigners’ on Indian streets. At Agra, after appreciating the magnificent Taj Mahal, the next magnificent stares roll into the ‘foreigners’!

Did you read the book- The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari? Did you watch the Hollywood movie- JOBS?

Well the irony is while the ‘foreigners’ are travelling into India for soul-searching and to attain salvation in their lives, we Indians are literally and intentionally burying ourselves into the West- physically and more importantly mentally. In the process, we backstab our conscience!

Watch a dog very carefully. Irrespective of his breed, he/she portrays a vivid circle of emotions. They smile. They cry. They hug. They fight. Yet, they are loved for they are not expected to be perfect. After all, they are animals!

The same is the case of human beings. They smile. They cry. They hug. They fight. The only difference is that a person speaks and a dog barks. Yet, human beings are criticized and at times rejected because they are expected to be perfect!

Did you watch the first longest running reality show on Indian television? If no, catch up with any season of MTV Roadies. Any orthodox Indian parents, okay leave it. Any Indian parents would reject the show if they watch the auditions. Why?

Simply because they dare to deal with the truth! They talk about the “sensational” living-together thing. They discuss about the “taboo” topic- sex. They hear the stories of gays and lesbians. They talk about bullies, condoms and diseases, to name a few. While the show began with the craze amongst the youngsters to go on a road trip and win themselves bikes at the end of the journey, gradually ‘passion’ in the show is being replaced by ‘respect’ because of its “boldness”.

And yes this is the million Dollar answer to all those ‘WHYs’ in Indian minds!

Are you bold enough?

Can you take the risk of giving up on your degrees which involved a lot of money, rewards, sweat and time, to pursue your dreams?

Can you afford to suffer the pain of rejection while uttering the truth?

Can you speak on behalf of a total stranger in society when he/she is being mistreated? Or you prefer playing the game of a silent spectator?

Can you shed your focus from physical and material benefits from a relationship? Given a chance, wouldn’t we choose an eternal partner over the virtual media?

Can you nurture the perfect sense in your imperfect self? Can you accept failures gracefully and move on in life?

Can we be true to ourselves?

If the answers to the aforesaid questions are all ‘YES’, then indubitably we can be happy!

Journeys indeed teach us in life. And for that, we don’t have to take our backpacks and leave our homes. Life itself is a journey. Everything will teach you something in life. If the ‘foreigners’ can teach us about risk-taking, the Indian Roadies teaches us about truth. If dogs can teach us about loyalty, humanity can teach us about reason!

So, what did your journey teach you?

And what did your conscience say?