It is 02:36 AM by my system clock, and I sit at the Bangalore International Airport right this instant....I sit here waiting for the time when my flight will take me back home....I sit her waiting, and I see people here - waiting with me....
With all the time I have to kill....I look around on who is coming, and who's leaving....I see different people walk past me....all going to different places....but one thing is for sure....they all have one thing in common - they have a dream - a dream for which they are going to a distant land - in hopes to fulfil that dream, and finally come back home - with pride in their souls - and love in their hearts!
I see people who have come to drop their loved ones at the gate of the airport, and I see that they have a worry on their face....a fear....a sadness - that feeling of going far from the one's they love. I see people sticking to the glass walls, bidding goodbyes to their loved ones - tears rolling down they face. This made me wonder....why does one have to go away from the people they love to fulfil their dream? Why can't one stay with the ones they love and make their life better - isn't that a dream in itself?
I see this lady, holding a year old child in her hand, wiping tears off her eyes, waving to her husband. I also see this man, on the other side of the glass wall, gesturing, that he has to go or else he will miss his flight....but doesn't want to go....He wants to stay....how do I know? That's because he too is in tears!!!! Seeing them makes me wonder yet again....is the dream which makes you leave the people you love a dream worth living?
I see people who're sleepy, I see people who're tired. I see people rushing because they are late, I also see people getting restless. But amongst all these people, I also see people who are laughing, people who are cheerful...excited - and I see their passion flowing! And I now wonder again - even if it hurts going away from the people we love, one has to do the job at hand - So why not do it in Joy? Why worry of screwing up? What is the worst that could happen? Why wonder what the others might think? Like what Randy Pauch said in his "last lecture" - It doesn't matter how the cards are dealt, what is important is the fact how you play the hand!
So here's a deal....Lets do what ever is assigned to us in life - and lets do it with full passion and sincerity. Lets do it so well, that the people around us learn from it. Lets make a better future....and Lets start it right NOW!
