The Present

Life! Life brings changes. Changes can be painful. Like the others, my life been painful for a past few years. Life events along the way were hostile. I found myself lost in the tides of 9  to 5 or even more and always longing for the weekend to escape the monotonous schedule and find solace in my own company. Yeah, In a world of my own, behind the my walls. I think my readers can relate their lives to mine.

I knew life was much more than a paycheck, punching in and out of my office and waiting for the weekend. That was when I realized I needed a vacation. I brought my life companion, Rucha along with me.

A journey to Leh. 10 days of liberation. I have always awaited this trip. 3 idiots, Highway and Jab tak hai jaan added the fuel to the fire. Leh is a work of God, painted by mountains landscapes, staggered by small stupas along the highway, small houses with big wooden window frames and a big fort in the middle.

Like every trip, this trip too taught me something. The confluence of Indus taught me the secret - "The cause of all pain is Time"

Everything keeps changing in life. Somethings perishes, somethings are born. These tides of change cause ripples in our life too. When our yesterdays are gone and our tomorrow's journey have not begun, we quite often forget about today, the moment we have now- "The Present"

"You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present"- Eckhart Tolle

Life is like a river, river is everywhere at once. the source, the meandering curves, the falls and then the sea. The journey from my birth to who I am now was nothing but a series of "now"s.  Nothing was and nothing will be. Everything is and everything is now, the present. All those sufferings back then and all those fears for that has not come was nothing but time. If one could overcome the entity called time and recognise  the "now" then there is no worry.