A pot of boiling rice..

Chutti, (that's what i call my aunt,just in case someone who doesn't know it, is reading this) called me in the evening today to help her in the kitchen....She had to get things ready for dinner and because she had a surgery a month ago, she isn't allowed to pick up heavy things...so my part of help was just to bring down the tub of rice for her from the shelf...And then she measured the necessary amount..followed the normal procedure of pouring the water and putting it on fire...and i was asked to come once in a while and check if it isn't burning or the water level isn't going down...but because i had nothing to do....i put on some music and loitered in and around the kitchen....

But then it was more than just that, today...i happened to follow the entire process of how those grains of rice turned into beautiful edible white cooked rice...But in this journey of their makeover...why was it that i only saw pain ?? Was it me or was that the way ?? Just when u pour in those cups of grains into the bowl of water...they know...they know that what will follow next is going to bring them a whole new life...they'll turn all pretty...they'll smell good and every foodie will appreciate them....but then before they can be that, what they also know is they'll be washed in water and put on FIRE !!! And they will have to survive the heat....the burns..and its gonna be a while till they shed their hard brown skin...and the inner prince can emerge... And as the waster started heating...they might....and just might be praying to the heavens that may they be able to endure the burning sensation....cause they know, It is pain that will get them there where they all want to be! They'll boil ferociously, they'll cry a bit....they'll scream a bit...and they'll hate it all the while...but they know they'll still have to be in there !! Because the best is yet to come....They'll have to take the pain in order to be the prince ! Dont they say what doesnt kill actually makes you stronger !! Maybe it does..but it also does make u prettier...

And then after a while the oven was put off...and i could see the beautiful bunch of young princes peeping out from under the foamy liquid, consisting of their shedding skin...the shedding pain...their shedding old rotten selves... and then when they were placed on to the plates...there they were looking gorgeously white...with the most heavenly essence ever...staring at the owner of the plate like one mighty prince....

So....its takes a while my friend...till you get there...sometimes you have to let the pain seep into you..and cleanse off the dirt...and when you have taken it all....what you turn into...is a marvelous creation...that you chose to be created... A little pain is good my friend...a little pain is good !

...They are YOUR dreams! LIVE them!

DREAMS...two kinds......theres one that occurs unconsciously, and there are ones that we WANT to dream, the kind that we wish was reality.

This blogpost is more regarding a self realisation i had a few days back...which again...maybe a lot of you are already aware of....but then, i just felt you might want to know yet another version of the same conception !

I had once read a quote which goes like this 'A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.' This world consists of 80 percent of ordinary men. People who live an extremely average life. The rest extraordinary 20. This blog aint for you mate !

I have always told my fellow people to do WHAT THEY WANT TO DO...i have always encouraged them in their craziest of desires and wishes. i have stood by them, because the feeling you get when you see people close to you smile with joy and pride is priceless....But somewhere down the line i realised amidst all of this...i had lost control of my own self...I had a dream...which i wasnt living...i had wishes...i wasnt fulfilling...I had desires....which were getting lost somewhere......I am turning 20 this year....and suddenly i realised if it wasnt now...it'll never be...

I realised there wasnt much i could do to what has already happened...none of us can turn over the past...we are normal beings..we dont have the time machine..neither do we own magic wands...and well...we dont have fairy god mothers either...so running to the backyard and crying by the pool side wouldnt help anyway...

Its very important that if you see yourself somewhere 5 years or 10 years down the line, you start preparing today...right NOW... and its bullshitt when you say 'Ah man i have too much time'...No you dont...You have no idea what your missing out on!!! I have a dream of breaking through the normal life and doing something for myself....There comes a point in life when you look at the mirror and realise that you were so busy pleasing everyone else that you never bothered to make yourself smile.....and that is probably the biggest sin you could to yourself....

So...if you have a dream....and if your in a situation from where that seems impossible to come true.....change it...NO...NOT THE DREAM....THE BLOODY SITUATION...

'There is no way' is not an answer...there is a way for everything ...and definitely for something you WANT to do ....You LOVE to do !

Its very very important that after a while you break through....and dont jump over the obstacles..crash them down as you go! We all have wings....YES WE DO....Just that you need to jump off the cliff to know how high you can fly, because you miss out 100 percent of the shots you dont take !

We always knew life isnt fair...but its still good.....And in this process of bringing your dreams to life...its very important you let go....Sometimes the only person standing in your way is YOU....You have to let go of that selfish self at some point or the other...Make peace with your past so that it doesn't screw up your present....AND....AND...AND.....Never never compare your life....your situation to others....You have no idea what their journey is all about !

So if you want to do something...however big or small it is....however crazy it may seem....however i may defy logic and sensibility....IF YOU LOVE TO DO IT...IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.....THEN DO IT !!!! Start Now !! Over-Prepare....then go with the flow !

When it comes to going after what you love in life....never take no for an answer ! At the end of the day ITS YOUR LIFE ...YOUR DREAMS....YOUR WISHES....and no one is in charge of your happiness except you....

So if some thing has gone wrong....or lets take the the worst...lets say everything has gone wrong...then stand up....make an effort...You may not be able to change what has already gone wrong....but what you can do ....is make sure next time its always a RIGHT thing that happens!

What they say is very true..'You HAVE to believe in your dreams'...There will be too many people reluctant about it....and the lesser the faith they have in you....the more the faith you have in yourself!

SO go ahead...and make them happen....LIVE YOUR DREAMS.... FULFILL YOUR WISHES...YOUR DESIRES....CAUSE THEY ARE YOURS....ONLY YOURS...AND IF NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE IT.......NO ONE ELSE CAN BREAK IT !!!