“Everyday i want to fly, stay by my side, Everyday i want to dream, stay by my side, Every morning i wish i could just play, Wish the mornings would just stay.... Everyday i want to fly, stay by my side, Everyday i want to dream, stay.....by my side …”
Last night I was going through this Vodafone advertisement. Though it was nicely composed at the same time it meant a lot. Being a child is the best period one has in his life time. Hence, this one is for all the ideas (bizarre!!) and ambitions I had, will be having in the future.
As a child I had a series of dreams. Every day I woke up to dream new and big. Initially,(even when I was not able to pronounce properly) I decided to become a Soldier(in the ARMY).There was a very funny thing about being a soldier. Whenever people asked me “what you want to become” my answer gave me a proud feeling and make others happy too. And thus (might be) I used to repeat it again and again. I wanted to fly big, fight, jump as well as throw the grantees. My love was not towards the country but to fire the gun and all the action!!
As I grew, got exposed to movies, dance shows (Boogie Woogie-) thanks to my school functions- I started wishing to be a dancer. I was a good dancer (WAS!!). However, as time went by, I almost forgot about being it! My love wasn’t to dance professionally, maybe I was trying to impress the audience (in particular). As time passed –thanks to my school friends, we used to play a lot of cricket. India out beating England in England produced many cricket lovers including me. This was the time when Lt. Col Dhoni was literally enjoying his college days in Ranchi when I thought of being like him. Now he is practicing with the Indian cricket team and I am writing this!! Well, I was a good wicketkeeper-batsman (as said by friends :p), however, my quest for striving hard was only till the district level. Maybe we decide to play safe rather than play for a living(where even the “gawd”(Sachin) is questionable!!).
Anyways I entered the science stream by 12th standard I was pretty sure to become an engineer (as usual). Thus, eliminating all other (Wannabe) options. As I joined as a computer science engineer, hoping one day to get placed in software giants like Microsoft, Google(Facebook hadn’t started!).Maybe the handsome package attracted me, but in one year I was pretty sure that software stuff weren’t made for me. Thus the only dream of doing practical manipulations attracted me to be a mechanical engineer. After getting into this subject I realized(in true sense!) that this was exactly what I wanted to do. This is my field and I love this subject. Suddenly the subject which was certainly not my first choice seemed like the best choice.
In the second year I thought of going for Civil services, the dream fainted in a year! I started looking for other options, used the so-called pseudo selective technique. As per this I just had to eliminate options first so that I am left with fewer ones. MBA was not my cup of tea from many opportunities I eliminated at least one (Eureka!!)
Later I realized that I want to go for a master's degree. Many factors and people influenced this decision. Finally, I convinced myself that this was what I have to do. I wrote the exam, qualified and got one good institute. I am continuing my masters now. I got everything I was looking for. Everything was going good until one big question came back again “what do I want to become next?”, I still have some options left.
I am still in the process of dreaming, accomplishing them, breaking them and dreaming again. If one asks me what I wanted to be I would certainly say it was never the army officer, the dancer, the cricketer, the administrator, I just wanted to dream. Dream big and high. I have raised them. They are my source of looking forward. They ignite me.
In fact, I was always living my dream. Some people always wait to fulfill their dreams and dream again. We all are lucky enough because I think people who don’t know what they want to be are more enthusiastic then people who know what they will become. We people have the excitement in life, the privilege of choosing whatever and whenever we want. The very beauty of uncertainty and risk engulf us of making our life interesting. The end is inevitable but for that end why ruin our present? I feel lucky because every day I wake up I have a dream for myself, sometimes bigger sometimes less.
PS:-the object/names/incidents/dreams mentioned can be imaginary and has nothing to do with reality.
