A Journey

Life is a journey. It begins the day we are born and continues until the day we leave this world. And what is really fascinating about this journey is that each person's journey is unique and their own. Even twins born almost at the same time to the same mother will each have a journey different from the other.


When I look back at my own journey, I think it has been good so far. It has been rich with experiences....good and bad....experiences which have helped me evolve. I have met many people along the way....some who have liked me, some who have not....some whom I have liked, some whom I have not. I have made many friends in this journey....some who are just acquaintances and some who will drop anything they are doing and come running if I ever need them. So yes, it has been a good journey thus far surrounded by loving family and friends.


And yet, in spite of that, there are days when my inner voice speaks to me. Most days this voice is quiet, some days it is a mere whisper and there are days like today when it is so loud that I cannot ignore it. It tells me that there is something in this world that I and only I am meant to do. I don't know what it is....is it a place I am supposed to see, a person I am supposed to meet, someone I am supposed to help, someone I am supposed to take care of, a new job that I need to do, something new I need to learn....I don't know...but I cannot shake off the thought that it is the one thing that will complete me....and I guess this is a question many people ask themselves at least once in their lives...what is the purpose of us being in this world?


I think it is good for me to listen to my inner voice because it is what makes me embrace every new opportunity, every experience, good or bad, with open arms with the expectation that it may provide an answer and end my search. I am also aware that I may perhaps never get an answer. So, in spite of being very content in my journey thus far, as long as my journey continues....my quest continues.


Signing off today in a rather philosophical state of mind and these lines from a Hindi movie song


'Zindagi ka safar hai yeh kaisa safar, koi samjha nahin koi jaana nahin....Hain yeh kaisi dagar chalte hai sab magar, koi samjha nahin koi jaana nahin. Translated: What this journey of life is, no one has understood, no one has known...What a path it is, everyone walks on it....yet no one has understood, no one has known.'