A Fairytale Life

My eyes were closed. I was in my fairy-tale land. I was flying in between the clouds, coloring rainbows, painting the wings of a butterfly, making the buds bloom. I was flying and flying and flying up above the world towards the bright light. Suddenly the light became so bright that the rays started hitting my eyes. I opened my eyes and saw the sun rays entering into my eyes through the window. Then i realized that I was in sleep. I was in a dream where i was having wings. 

With a smile on my face, I woke up and prepared a cup of hot coffee. I sat outside enjoying the cup of coffee  looking at the beauty of the rising sun in the misty morning. I was happy to see the dew drops over the grass shining like diamond. The sparkling dew drops took me back to my twilight dream. I started to think about a fairy-tale life.

A fairy-tale life is an ideal life everyone dream to have. Life would become beautiful if we were having those magical powers. Everything we want would be 'just a spell away' from us. Almost everything would be fixed by true love. In short, everyday would begin with 'once upon a time' and end with 'happily ever after'.

In our ideal fairy-tale life, We will be thinking about flying in the vast blue sky but real life will plan something different for us. It will push us deep into the water where our goal would be to reach the land and survive before flying. 

Do not let the reality destroy your fairy-tale life. Even though it's not a fairy-tale life, live it in terms of a fairy-tale. If there is a gap between the fairy-tale life and the real life, no matter where you are, What's happening right now. Cast a spell called positive attitude to fill the gap and enjoy your fairy-tale life.

A language with No Words

There are many languages in the world. No matter how many languages exist in the world, no matter how many billions of words are present in each language, still there is something beyond the reach of billions of words in thousands of languages.

Recently, I visited a library. I saw a section in the library which was having only dictionaries of different languages. Standing in front of such a big shelf, I felt that it lacks something. It was a strange feeling for me. Standing in front of treasure of knowledge, a person can rarely feel that.

I was thinking about what actually made me feel that. I came out and saw a lady who could not talk. Her eyes were filled with tears. She was carrying a baby. Without any words, only with gestures she conveyed what she wants.

Then i was going back to home in a public transport. A person who was sitting beside me seemed to be very happy. He was a tourist. He was speaking about the places he visited and was admiring it. He was speaking in his language and i was speaking in my language. There were some words between us which we did not understand but i could make out that he was extremely happy.

I reached home in that sunny day and sat over the chair drinking a glass of cold water. My cat Pongo came through the open window. She sat over my lap and started cuddling. After 5 minutes she got down and stood in front of the kitchen adorably looking at me with her tiny round eyes. I understood that she was hungry.

There were no words. All that I found was feelings and emotions. I understood why i felt so when i was standing in front of the big dictionary shelf. Dictionary may have thousands of words. It can describe thousands of words. But it cannot describe the emotion. Words are incomplete without emotions.

Emotions are beyond the reach of words. It is just like air. It cannot be seen, cannot be heard, cannot be touched but can only be felt. When you feel that there are no words to explain what you feel. Stop explaining and start expressing. surrender yourself to the "language with no words".

The Babysteps

It is so adorable to watch a baby learning to walk. The baby tries to stand and walk, crawls when it lose balance and fall. It's so lovely to watch the triumph on its face when it walks one more step. it claps, laughs and tries to run towards the mother and hug her. In the meantime, it falls, cries and get wounded. Even after falling it will neither give up nor becomes disappointed. Stumbling and mumbling, it will learn to walk, run and one day make others run behind it.

We will be laying such baby steps, often in our life. whenever we are trying to learn something new and different, we are laying such baby steps. At some point, we may fail. In such a time, it is important to remind ourselves that we were crawling before we started to walk. We fell down when we were learning to walk. It's natural to fall or fail. It is important to wake up and continue to walk.

Beginning to walk after a fall may be difficult. Have courage to get up and start walking. Three 'P's are important in our life. The first P is Passion. Without this we will never start. The second P is perseverance. Without this we cannot continue. Third P is patience. Without this we cannot win.

Intellectuals say that the process of learning never ends. Starting from the day of our birth, we will be learning something new very often. In such a time, ups and downs are common. Come out of your comfort zone, walk, run and fly. 

Have faith in yourself and your capabilities. Be courageous enough to lay "the baby-steps" often. Continue your journey. Sometimes with a drop of tear in your eyes. Sometimes with a glorious smile. Know that it is just the beginning and never ever give up.