Jee Le

Many times I wonder what exactly do we live for? Is it for ourselves or is it just to show the world –oh I have had such a great life and I am so happy. As a young person u have many dreams but why, as u grow up ,why do they all just fizzle away.

What does a 10th standard pass out do when he really loves something like languages, he wants to learn many new ones , get a diploma in them, etc; or maybe someone who is totally interested in archeology. Will her parents, the society allow him to follow his dream without any resistance. They would always say – go for a field like engineering or medicine where they feel she would have a more safe career. I know people say that yes times are changing now, people are more open minded now; but are they really? It is all good if our neighbour’s child is facing this problem, u would say- let him go ahead and follow his dream, but when its our own child we don’t allow it! What a hypocrite we all are!

And as a result, our desires, our most treasured hobbies take a backseat to our work. Yes, we do need to work to earn money, u do have to survive, but do u have to stay back to impress ur boss so that soon u’ll shift from a house at Andheri to one at Bandra. And in the bargain, give up ur most treasured activities, not go for those treks, not learn photography and many other such things that u always wanted to do. Someone who could have written the most amazing novels may be just sitting there struggling with numbers.

I wonder why acceptance by society is such an important issue in a person’s life. Without realizing,one day, he would suddenly be this 40 year man sitting in a posh office, having his luxury car waiting for him downstairs. Ya he might look like a successful man to many, but I feel was it really worth it for him?

Why do we spend a majority of their life running behind money (or whatever it is that the world normally counts as good , at a younger age), forgetting to enjoy the little joys that our life gives us, forgetting to live every moment to the fullest!!

Nobody knows what we are born for really, but its surely not just to do something we dont like, or remotely majority of the time , just to rise to a higher status in society. And we really have to realize this now, before we get absolutely used to the idea of missing out on the most important pleasures, before we feel that no ones dreams really get fulfilled so no big deal if mine dint come true, before we forget wat we want to really live for!! It time we realized that sayings such as- Dance like no one’s watching and Live each day like its ur last one aren’t just sayings but something that should form the foundation of our life.
Its time we REALLLY LIVED OUR LIFE!!!