Ambition

As a child how many times have you been asked this question, 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' or 'What's your ambition in life?'

A typical child usually gives answers which I think are chiefly guided by what they have heard their parents say eg. becoming a doctor, engineer etc. These could be their parents ambitions for them or more unfortunately their parents unfulfilled ambitions.

I wonder why we feed children with such suggestions. I feel they stop being in touch with their feelings very early in life because of these suggestions.

If someone asked me that question I would probably say 'Not much'. That's an option that a lot of people would choose but unfortunately it doesn't even figure in the list of options that society/ educational institutions/ family etc. ask you to choose from. Not doing much or not becoming that elusive 'Someone' is looked down upon by the masses. This is crazy coz if you think about it, a lot of people today wait for their retirement. They aren't happy with what they do. They want to retire early. Why do you think people want to retire at an early age?

Think about it. Retired folks are usually people who 'don't do much' in terms of what society values. So, if you want to take an early retirement then basically understand that all you really wanted to do in life was 'not do much'. That has always been your goal but a lot of dust settled on it because of what others wanted you to do and thus you never saw it.

Remember, when you don't want to do much then actually you gain the freedom to do anything which you feel like doing at that point in time. When you don't need to be 'someone' then you can start being 'one' with yourself. Believe me, that's all that matters.

I wasn't doing much when I wrote this piece.

Loser Rhymes

Had written this poem in a somewhat philosophical mood but then it does capture the loser's spirit in the first four lines itself ;)...so worth sharing over here!

Let some dreams be such

that can never materialize,

It's like running for joy alone

and not hoping to win a prize;

Let us stay thirsty for a while,

just staring away at the clear blue nile;

For once let's give without any restraint,

just to know how it feels to be a saint;

Let me and u perform a deed so true,

that ur greatest enemy falls in love with u;

Just for once lets try to live apart,

to feel the pain of a broken heart;

Let our hopes for once be so insane,

as to hope the clear blue sky shall rain;

Let us for once live without any fears,

and meet our ends with cheers not tears!

Work?

Earlier they used to say "work hard" and now they say "work smart". Let me tell you this, times have changed again. Now the mantra is simply "smart!" So basically you needn't work as long as you are smart enough to know how to get things done without working. I have been watching people, observing them and thinking about them. People who are doing very well for themselves aren't working, they are simply talking. But hey! They sure do know how to talk crap endlessly, how to postpone things endlessly, how to survive and grow and prosper without working. I tell you it's a skill. You must be really dumb to think that these people don't have any talent. Infact they actually have what it takes - the ability to bluff.

Losers actually have an edge in this. Their inner being resists any kind of work in a very natural way. As such they are not really cut out for hard work. They can talk a lot of crap too, though not too good at lying. Fooling people is a tad bit tough. I mean I can tell a gal," Hey you look really charming", but then what gives it away is the fact that I am not even looking at her....you know, simple mistakes like these make it difficult to bluff. Anyways, the good news is that the world is becoming a work free zone and if only we can be a lil bit careful of our shortcomings, I think we can have a blast.

The world has typically been segregated into blue collared and white collared workers. In order to make a statement that the age of any kind of worker is over, I have been wearing round neck (aka collarless) casuals very often. You could say this falls under the catergory of "symbolic statements" that I make but no one notices. A better way of looking at it would be to think that I bluffed them into not noticing!