Dream Vs. Reality..

It's yet another “Day”. The sun rises, I wake up on the call of my early morning friend, the “Alarm Clock”. I somehow open my eyes, thanking God for this new “Day”. Then, I try to find the “New” about this new “Day” that I am blessed with. Yes, I search earnestly to welcome the “New”, but find little new other than a unique numerical “Date”.

Oh!!! I am living a monotonous life, I forgot maybe. Next up, I get ready for the office. While I’m on my way to office, I find many people on my sides, busy and involved; some exercising, some selling and some buying, some on the way to office or school or college, and some with their young parents. All are busy doing the supposed jobs in their own way and of course most in non-intrusive manner. People just run from the very early morning, till the last blink for the day.

I keep moving, watching these busy people, I get busy too! Then, I look at the beauty of nature, the bright sun rays; trees shining with green leaves and colorful flowers; birds flying on the wide blue sky. Yes, birds……., they too might have started their day as I had done, doing nothing but the routine job. So everyone is doing the same, wake up and run, but they do remember the “My way to Skyway..."

I am no exception; after all I am just another “Being”. I also do the same.
After I reach the office, I start my work in the cubicle, I am assigned with. It's a new day with new hopes and beliefs, I just hope for no serious bugs, no critical defects and no code failure. And quite like mine, many others in my vicinity must have induced their thoughts and hopes in this new “Day”.

The whole “Day”, my eyes meet with many faces in and around the office and I barely interact. Does it happen with just me? Or it happens with almost everyone!!!

I start the day by checking mails following it up with the breakfast and then get to work again. Within no time, lunch time arrives. I do have the cool lunch and back to my cubicle. I put a full stop to the food court after my evening tea and somewhere when the “Clock” again ticks 6, I leave for the day.

Then I wonder something!!! I ask myself…!!! Did I miss something??? Oh yes…., I could not witness the beauty of the Sunset. While returning on my way from office, I find the same scene again as I did in the morning. Everyone is following the same track but in an opposite direction. Yes….., it includes the sweet birds too.

As soon as I reach my room, I hurry for making something for my dinner and buy some time get virtually socially connected. I pay attention to others' whereabouts on FB, WhatsApp, Instagram or Twitter. I read headlines to get a grip on my state, my country and the world. OMG!!!..... lot of things are happening as everyone is on a run.

Finally it’s bed time. Lying on the bed when I try to get some sleep closing my eyes, some inner voice wakes me up and talks to my brain and heart reminding them, that something important is  being missed, something big was supposed to be done but is left behind. As a result my heart doesn't feel good and gets upset and my brain starts thinking and finding the lost "Me" within me. Meanwhile I warn both to stop of whatever crap they are doing and force myself to sleep so that I can wake up for my routine tomorrow.

And thus a day has passed and the date has again changed on the calendar.

Yes….. I get weekends. I use one day to nullify all the weekdays' pain, tension and worries and spend another day preparing myself for the coming weekdays’ suffering.

That's it. This is Life. Days, weeks, months, years pass on this same way; the monotonous way and in a lifeless manner.

For sure it’s not only my story: any IT professionals’ story, it’s the story of everyone whoever is a part of this marathon. Whoever has selected or has been destined to be a horse on this track.                                                                                  
Now the question arises, had I dreamt of this life to live, from my childhood?  Seriously, is this the life, which I struggled so hard for, for last 21-22 years? Is this the life that I deserve to live?

When I'll be in my 60's, shall I find something some so called ‘lifetime experience and memory’ about any single day I would have already lived, I would have already spent just with the flow of time? In fact, even today, when I try to remember some moments of my past, I find nothing except blank pages. Of course it was not wasted but yes it wasn’t lived either. I don’t find any memory that I would cherish with.

I haven't lived my days…… neither am I living them now. I am just spending it.
But I still believe, I am not born to just spend the time I am allotted, for sure. There must be some purpose behind my birth.

Many a time I have found my inner voice ask me about my dream and my dream life. My brain thinks about the passion I used to have. My heart talks about the love, happiness, attention, affection and peace I deserve.

Of course work is important in life. Work is God and it's true. God is Lovable. Likewise work should involve passion. It's hard to find people who live their dream and who do what they are passionate about, what they actually love to do. And luckiest are the ones who really achieve it.

In the race of life, while I run hard and fast to achieve the so called success, I forget my dream of being happy, being satisfied being complete and live in peace.

I do know people's whereabouts but never ask myself what and why I am doing whatever I am doing. I don't care for myself but shows bunch of love and respect to others. I don't pay attention to my needs, my dreams, my soul but I like being affectionate to one and all.

I have friends socially but I am lonely from within……. I am not a good friend of mine…. I don't adore myself. I see the world moving at its pace, but never dared to ask my soul about it.

When God has made me different from birds and animals, why don't I do anything different?  I live the same way as they do…… in fact often without a Life.


The bitter truth is:
People are ready for a revolution to change the world, change the society to make it a better place to live in but they seldom start it from them.
Education is high but introspection is absent. External beauty is all expensive and rich, but inner soul not chaste at all.

It's the trend that's going on and it lets time and life to control over us, rule our hearts n brains and forces us just to spend the moments we are blessed with.


Changes in designations or high recognition aren’t at all the parameters to measure success. When at the day end, I can preserve the moments as a memory and close my eyes in peace to have a good night's sleep, then that’s success and the next morning will excite me with new hopes and beliefs to shine brighter than the Sun rays.

When camera, being an inanimate object can capture the moments with a limited space then why can't we capture all our time by the eyes and save to cherish in the unlimited memory we have, living all days as memorable moments, happily with a pure heart smile like that of a baby’s and treasuring all the small pleasures that life gives, enjoying every beauty, satisfying the soul, achieving the dream and living the life we are born for.


And then The Dream Life will be a Reality..!!

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