IN WANT OF A BETTER TOMORROW…

Just had a heated discourse with a friend of mine… (Note: As per my definition, a discourse also includes emotional black-mailing, and anything that's needed to be on the winning end!! hehe...) Wondering what the topic was? Read on…


He: Sorry dear, I can’t make it to the trip this weekend.
Me: O c’mon… You sure can.
He: You know my reasons for not coming right. This exam is an important one. It can make or break my future.
Me: So, you think, sacrificing such an eventful day will help you? Do you want to regret later that you could’ve fared equally well, even if you had gone for that outing?
He: No... It ain’t that way! I don’t wanna regret later that… Wish I had put in a little more effort and fared better…

And the conversation went on and on…. Till of course, my bro screamed… “Dids, dinner is ready… Tandoori chicken waiting for you!” (You see, I had to mention that! I can’t tell you in words the extent of my excitement at the delicious comeback of my dearie Chicken in my Kitchen... Phew... now that's a live example of mindless repetition.)

Well, coming back to the conversation… Putting it in a nutshell, it was about prioritizing things in life according to their importance…

Like most other things in life, here again, there are two schools of thought. One school of thought avers, plan your today, in want of a better tomorrow. The second says; live life day after day, each day, without worrying what’s in store for you tomorrow. Approach one is more like a "Get-Set-Go" attitude (Pre-plan, plan and execute... Phew... Don't pull your hair out! It is an engineer talking to you after all!)…. And approach two is simply a "Just Do It" type (Do I even need to explicate on this one!)… It’s solely upto us if we want to outflank the present for a riper tomorrow, or make the present as our life’s finest present.

As an embryo, you’ve seen your mom taking all possible precautions, to ensure you a red-carpet welcome into this wondrous world. As a kid, you’ve seen your parents saving their precious pounds and pennies to ascertain your future repleted with flamboyant colors. As a student, you’ve seen your friends and rivals burning midnight oil to stand out and be the cynosure for the next day. In work-life, you have learnt it from your co-workers to be acquainted with every possible stuff today for an undaunted prosperity in every walk of life hereafter… In other words, all vouch for a better tomorrow at the expense of travailing through their otherwise-could-be-idyllic present. You are so used to seeing people following the first school of thought, that even in your subconscious mind, you plan for your chatoyant tomorrow!

However, just like the crazy nut that I am, I love to differ and find myself going by the second school of thought. I understand that a well-set ‘plan’ is the basic building block for any successful endeavour... still I prefer most of the things in my life to be unplanned. I believe that if something has to happen it will happen. Good or Bad… But it’ll definitely happen.

As is said, if you stop and ask someone for directions, and they tell you "You can't miss it"... then be assured that you will!!! So, friends whenever in doubt or dilemma, don’t depend on what you have seen people around you doing since times immerorial… rather, just listen to what your heart says…

Life is too short a time to live...
Why bother in the intricacies?
Don’t ask for more, just give...
Your present all your fancies.

Couldn't think of any better lines at this hour! Will have to catch up with some lost sleep, so that I reach work on time tomorrow. OOPS... did I just plan for tomorrow?? $^&()%#^$

Any ways, cheers to our 'present'.
:D

-Ships