What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
and so on it goes…
A poem written by W.H Davies
I vividly remember having learnt this poem while I was in my 4th grade.
My English teacher made me read this poem over and over again to the point that I really hated the poet for having created such a complicated poem which I was supposed to by heart and recite in front of the whole class. I really used to hate those recitations in class in front of all my peers… All they used to do is find faults and correct us on our diction!
I found it utterly boring and ever so complicated.. it was then.
I am glad today that I am writing this post since I do have that time to stand, stare and ponder over those good ‘ol days where we had so much time to stand and stare, yet we were constantly told by our elders to do things that they liked and not what we wanted to do.
This post is about reminding you what you are, what you wanna be and what you wanna do with your life.
Take time to see where you really wanna be let’s say five years down the line.
You may be a professional, a student, a housewife any one for that matter! Each and every person should have a plan chartered out for himself.
As I am writing this I still don’t and I really wish I could actually know where I will be few years down the line.
Hence, I am writing this post. Maybe if not me atleast I could reach out to my readers who will get that spark and plan their lives well.
How much do we really need to earn?
How much do we need to spend?
How much money do we need?
Do we need to live only for others? Or ourselves?
Can we chart our own course in life?
Should we imbibe the same thoughts to our kids? Or give them enough space so that they can do all that we couldn’t?
So many questions come to my mind.
Whatever is in store can’t we accept that and live the life that we wanna live? I have had friends, acquaintances, colleagues who did what they were told while they wanted to be something, someone else.
I have actually met very few people in my life who did what they wanted to do and stood by their ideologies. This post is a way to salute them for what they have done with their lives. Realized their dreams.
I always wanted to take up architecture as my career. Build structures that are a reflection of what I am. Maybe that’s too much to even dream but hey why not?
Why have dreams that are smaller?
Why not dream bigger?
You know in the rush of things we tend to miss so many things in life.
While we are happy and focused we can grab a lot of things on the way.
It’s like taking a good hike and also enjoying some time in the wilderness!
Now imagine you are on a highway you never wanted, waiting desperately for a bus you never wanted to catch, but have you got a choice?
Someone has told you to take that road and catch that bus. Even worse, imagine what you missed while staying in the hot sun, drenched in sweat and cursing your fate!
I really wish at this stage of my life that I should do all those things that I ever wished.
Go on a long hike, run away for a few days with my wife to some place where we don’t know any one, get married with my wife all over again, do some social work, go on a spiritual journey, go to a rock concert and get fully drunk…a tattoo maybe! and many, many things….
It’s just one life that we have got.
And before we kick that bucket… shouldn’t we live life to its fullest?
Well, what’s your bucket list?
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