Where Does One Find Solace?

A walk down any random street of any random town or city…familiar faces (though we may not known them in person), there goes Mr.Sharma panting for breathe to catch the 8 am bus; for he misses it he would be late for work. Our little Champ barely 10 years old I think, wearing neat uniform and carrying the load of the world in the huge bag resting on his prettied shoulder… oh there you are Mrs. Ray rushing to see your mother in the old age home, it’s her birthday today I presume, for you are carrying a lovely bouquet…and here arrives little Miss Muffet, whistles, you look gorgeous dear, fresher’s social is it?   

So many faces come and go infront of us, some we keep in mind some we forget. This is fairly the story of all our lives, everyone is pressed for time, running the mad marathon for survival and life goes on.

But as one gasps for breathe once in a while in this maddening world and feels lost in the midst of bewildering crowd, where does one turn around for solace?

Solace I say sounds like a fancy word, but yes where does on find solace. Shopping in Malls? Rejuvenating body massage in a spa? Sipping coffee in Costa coffee? Watching films in a multiplex? WHERE!!

Or may be in the hustle bustle of this world we do not even think about Solace! May be in some corner of a busy street sitting on the bridleway with a cutting chai, observing people, soaking in every sound and scene can ease out one’s mind. Or may be reading a book in one corner of the room with a steaming cup of coffee! Or maybe just hugging one’s granny and listening to bed time stories.

But the only lingering question is Where does one find SOLACE !!

The Bizarre Journey!

Ask anyone- What is your hobby? The most matter of fact answer would be traveling! People wait all the year through to find a suitable time to sneak out for a trip; some prefer the beach and some the hills. Enthusiasm, fervor, planning coupled with some breath taking experiences marks the start and end of any traveling expedition. And with the social media being the lifeline of every person, without uploading some peculiar, amusing pictures the cycle is most certainly not over.  All Smiles!!

What about the journey called Life? Where are the pictures of this journey? Does planning work here? Who decides how the journey begins or ends? Can the pictures on Facebook reveal the essence of this journey?

Indeed the most exciting, aimless, indecisive journey one can embark upon is the journey called life. Did we choose to come to this world? The answer is known to all. Can we decide when we want to leave it? NO! As one grows older do we actually decide what course this journey takes, or is it an Illusion that we all live in. Mere puppets we are in the hands of time!!

This journey is infinite, and only ends when someone decides that the spirit should leave the body. The stupefying experiences of this journey remains etched in the mind and heart of the traveler alone, and no matter how many fellow travelers one meets, no one can ever claim to know or understand the story of the other. To Each His Own, could say! Then what about the pictures of this journey- there are numerous and beyond count for sure. But most definitely the pictures we see on social networking sites are only a fragmented depiction of this journey. What actually is or what ought to be is beyond anyone’s comprehension.

 

The date of birth and the date of demise, mark the start and end of the voyage so to say, and in-between one is tossed around from one phase to another, and the comedy of errors, goes on.

Arms open, feet grounded and mind free, let the journey of life go on astonishing. Till the time one can say Sojourn!