Aging has a funny effect on people. Just to clarify for me aging would be going from 20s to 30s(Sorry, grandpa! Your story is still not funny yet). We start losing our hair thanks to all the cheap gels we smeared on during college. We develop a stubborn beer belly (non drinkers, yours called a paunch. Live with it!). We get less aggressive and start forgiving people which frankly could just be hormonal changes. And all these things make us believe that we are getting mature and wiser and we have left their old self behind for good. In reality, we are just turning into big fat sissies.
In the middle of all these growing up, when we are just about to reach that stage where we start embracing all the harsh realities of life, start believing that those college dreams were all a ruse and put up our rose tinted glasses for sale on ebay, something comes up. It punches (with a distinct ‘dhishoom’) a message on our face saying, “Boss, no more hiding behind your past failures and skeletons. No more justifying yourself just to sleep peacefully at night. Get up and go for what you always wanted just like old days. Take it or go back to your current life which you were so despised 10 years back. ”
If we are smart enough we take that chance, not just to win what we couldn't get all those years back but also to relive the sleepless moments which made us believe we could be anybody we want. That we might own a fancy car, we might be the head of a company or we can get a US visa one day (it was still a realistic dream those days). Consistency is not one of life’s well known traits and a loser just might still win.
Still if it doesn't work we shouldn't fret about it. Yes, it would hurl like hell all over again. But as long as we are ready to take then punch when it gets there and take it on our wrinkly face (Metaphorically, of course!) we just make it one day.
In the middle of all these growing up, when we are just about to reach that stage where we start embracing all the harsh realities of life, start believing that those college dreams were all a ruse and put up our rose tinted glasses for sale on ebay, something comes up. It punches (with a distinct ‘dhishoom’) a message on our face saying, “Boss, no more hiding behind your past failures and skeletons. No more justifying yourself just to sleep peacefully at night. Get up and go for what you always wanted just like old days. Take it or go back to your current life which you were so despised 10 years back. ”
If we are smart enough we take that chance, not just to win what we couldn't get all those years back but also to relive the sleepless moments which made us believe we could be anybody we want. That we might own a fancy car, we might be the head of a company or we can get a US visa one day (it was still a realistic dream those days). Consistency is not one of life’s well known traits and a loser just might still win.
Still if it doesn't work we shouldn't fret about it. Yes, it would hurl like hell all over again. But as long as we are ready to take then punch when it gets there and take it on our wrinkly face (Metaphorically, of course!) we just make it one day.
