HOPE FLOATS

How vain is it to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau

Now, since this blogworld is all bout writing, there can be two assumptions made. First that a lot of ppl r vain when they write all so many blogs. And second, those who write have really lived life and hence they have the substance to write.
And it all gets so obviously clear when you read someone’s blog. Most of the time u know whether all this rattling on really has a basis, or is it just done for an audience. Yet I agree some ppl r grt storytellers, but then also no harm reading it for the sake of story.
But I say tht if u make up a story, c’mon be honest say tht u r making it up. But sometimes ppl don’t – nd now I talk not just of blogworld but all the real world as well – coz they feel tht their story sounds dramatic if presented as a fact, but might be too drab if posed as fiction.
For example, a 50 yr old woman saying I am 35. Now wht I feel is tht its certainly better to hear “You are too young to be 50” than “ You are too old to be 35”. And as a person, I myself wld choose the first one. And I wonder wht do those women get by hiding their age…isn’t it all too obvious anyway. And u wld by no means get a 26 yr old beau, so y take all the pains. (But who said only men in their 20s r attractive!! Now thts a different discussion altogether!!)

Another thing … now this is rather personal. I think so much abt life and go on and on talking abt it in my blog. Y? these r things I know , nd if I know them so well, I don’t have to write it down to remember. Yet I do it. Y? is it coz I wanna show off? Is it coz I wanna tell the world wht I feel n think? Or is it bcoz I want put it more coherently for myself? Or is it simply for the love of writing?
I wld rule out the first two, coz one thing I am very sure of nd tht is tht I write for myself only. The last two cld be considered. And pondering a while I find tht it’s a bit of both the reasons.

Lastly, aby this day. Two interviews of two fabulous ppl within a span of two hours. First Preity Zinta on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal and second Anil Ambani on Cover Story wit Vir Sanghvi. Preity was a complete treat to eyes, senses, and the mind , and her so very upfront attitude towards strength and integrity of women was music to ears. And Anil Ambani seemed slightly slow when compared with her, but then he is not Anil Ambani for nothing. As the interview progressed, I found myself paying more and more attention, smiling and eventually getting up saying – that was good.
I especially liked his very modest reply abt being worth so many crores and MTV teen icon and his attitude toward money, and I admire his straight faced statement abt being a teetotaler and vegetarian on choice.
One wld be tempted to say tht an Anil Ambani can be wht he chooses to be, but for a normal guy in today’s urban settings, it wld be difficult to be so straight abt it, coz ,well all tht peer pressure and jeering u face from men around. But thts not true. U lose nothing by being honest, and y the hell shd u do smthing u don’t want to, just coz tht is fashionable or socially acceptable. I wld not, and I admire ppl who can do the same. U don’t have a head on your shoulder and feet on ground for nothing. u have a will use id silly.
It’s not necessary for gold to glitter all the time. Its gold all the same. And if it does glitter, thts an added treat.

So, this day was well lived, coz I will go to bed a happy person, coz I know tht I ve not wasted a precious day of this small life complaining and worrying and being low.
Success to me is not money or fame, success to me is happiness and satisfaction that I ve lived up to my expectations of myself. Some might say I want too little, lemme remind them wht I want is a lot tougher to get.
In the end abt that starting quote, its not necessary to live through amazing circumstances to know life. Being aware of ur surrounding and finding opportunities to growth and reasons to smile is enough.