Monday, October 19, 2009

Endless Desires….

endless desires

This morning after I woke up, I looked around my room with an half-opened eye that wanted to shut itself, but couldn’t - only because I had the control! I looked around my room, seeing all the stuff that I owned, and thought “I need more!” This thought wasn’t a mood swing or a sudden urge to getlgstorm26 something more than I could afford, but had come because my mind has been focused on a certain something I very recently started strongly desiring – A Blackberry Storm2! 

 

For almost 2 years, I have been using a phone which was created for one greater purpose – making calls! But with technology crossing all the borders, I said to myself, “How can I be so left behind?”, and thus started the search for a cool cell phone – a phone that could define me, or so I thought! Anyway, after months of searching and checking with my available budget time and again, I came down to two choices – the ever so popular Apple IPhone, and the newly launched, highly controversial Blackberry Storm.  iphone_storm

Both the phones had similar features, yet it was a difficult choice to make! It’s not that I could afford any of these phones, No! They didn’t fall in my price range, not atleast while sitting here in India. But their US price tags were something that helped me keep my spirits high! I was definitely not gonna pay twice as much in India, if there existed a possibility of getting them at a half price had I been in the United States. Nevertheless, I kept trying, and God showed His existence, and on July 2nd, 2009, I was a proud owner of a brand new Blackberry Storm – which came at the price I had hoped for! It sure was a happy day for me – but that feeling didn’t last long, because the very next day Blackberry announced that they were working on a next gen Storm – to be called Storm2 – and thus, new desires were born!

Last night, when RIM officially announced the Blackberry Storm2, I started desiring again. I so wanted this phone now! Its not like there is a huge difference in the two phones – I mean they look practically the same, with a teeny tiny refinement here and there. lgstorm215But I still desire the phone.  And this morning, when I woke up with that half-opened eye that so wanted to shut itself, I asked myself – why do I desire something even when I had a device better than any of the people I know or work with? And then it struck me – I wished to be at a level where people could envy me for everything I owned – and horror ran down my spine!

I never wanted people to envy me for the things I own – of course I want them to envy me, but for the wonderful work I do - for the things I say – for the way I smile! And now, after I am fully awake and have taken a bath, my eyes have lost the desire to shut themselves (for the time being, though!), and I am thinking – May be it is time for me to do the same and be happy for what I have. Things do get better every time they are upgraded, but they are things after all – why loose my sleep worrying about how to get them when I can wait in patience and grab them at the chance I get?

Yes, Desires are endless, but the way I see them now, the ones that truly make a difference are the ones that really count! :)

*Image sources: www.crackberry.com