A Dog's Life

Two posts in one night, that is some speed. After all the months of hiatus. As I told a friend over chat just now:
me: too much overflow of stuff in the head but the real stuff does not come out so I empty the rest to make space for the real stuff...

Here I am , emptying it up. But now you know that this is not the real stuff. Do you still want to read further?

And for those of you who did read further...here is the reward...a piece of my newfound enlightenment. As children to our parents, most of us will never get them the true unadulterated happiness that we have the best intentions of giving them. I have seen my parents most happy with what my dog does. I stand no chance, until God sends me as my parents' pet the next time around. It is probably going to be a long wait :)

Power!

It is so difficult to write sometimes. Not because you are out of ideas...there are just too many of them and you want each of them to get a blog to themselves. Not happening. I started a new blog entry for marathon running but it never got a post to it. Actually, I did not feel anything magical either...I did not even finish with a smile. Once I was done, I was thinking when and how to do the next one. Was it so difficult...the five months of training pass in front of my eyes in a flash...and I come to a conclusion that it was not so bad, not so tough. Given the pain, the time invested, the uncertainty of keeping a commitment, the fear of giving up, the implications(on some nameless lives) of giving up...injuries both mental and physical.

I guess that is where the magic is. That human spirit ( which is also within me) to make a difficult task easy and to keep looking for more. If anything, the experience has been humbling because I proved it to myself that a human being can achieve feats. It makes me respect people even more because they are capable of great deeds: running triathlons, biking across a continent, climbing Mt Everest, building dams singlehandedly, establishing schools, changing ideologies, taking bullets to save lives...the list goes on. It just takes some faith, some of your own and some of the people that matter to you.

And even greater respect for those who know that they could be heros but decided to stand and cheer, those who were gracious enough to let others carry the batons. probably such people are very much at peace with themselves, one with God. As an Indian ad ( Mahindra Rodeo) so wisely says:" ...because when you have real power, you don't need to show it" ;)