Bucket List Unfinished

For the brief moment I spoke to one of my good friends, I realized that it is easier to look back – say the last ten years or lesser, say five years – and count at the things you had dreamt about doing and not done. Everyone has their bucket list but I think with increasing age and changing priorities the list is like life – never constant. So why fret about the things you haven’t done and list the things that you actually never thought would have entered “the-things-to-do-in-life-in-ten-years” and point out some that you have. I hope whoever is reading this can name at least 5! :-) Mine are as follows and by the way it is more difficult than you think. Why? Cause you have raised the bar high for yourself by doing great things :) pat yourself for that and cheers to many more…

1. I went to London to study – I never thought I could convince my mom, who was quite adamant that Indian education is much better
2. Paris/Egypt – Went to some of my dream destinations
3. Fell in love, fell out of it, got my heart broken, broke a heart and did one all over again
4. Business Journalism – of all the things the one thing I NEVER dreamed of is to become a part of the financial sector. And I love it!
5. Poetry – I was always in love with words. I tried my hand at prose. Theory is not my cup cake! Then all of a sudden there she was… My muse. And then to make life better, brighter and sun shiny I stumbled upon Emily Dickinson!

15th Feb

just another day
just another middle of the week
just another tomorrow for a yesterday,
yesterday for a tomorrow.

a shift in sunshine in my window
just another ray passing as hope
I shift in my bed facing
her breathing next to me
Just another perfect end.

I came up with a concept of dedicating the one day before, "da day" and the aftermath of the day for Valentine. It was, as I had pictured, going to be posts that would condemn this whole valentine's day as a farce and nothing else.

But love conquered it all. In the end, though people make money out of us consumer(is the king or a moron???hmmm....) it is a day where its only about love and none else rules- in ure mind, body, soul, work place, love is really in the air! I firmly believe that love is the answer to everything (recently accepted idea so practically I have yet to put into use!)

In this world where stress and workaholism has taken over a person's time and energy, a Valentine's day (girlfriend/boyfriend) forces you to take time off to buy something the other would like, which would mean that you try to find out what the person would love to have, which indirectly means that the other person has taken efforts to find out.

If you dont end up getting a 'meaningful gift' atleast in the mad rat race rush, he/she actually stopped and bought a gift for you! Appreciatable gesture...

There are romantics in this world. I guess I am one as well. Happy Valentine's day!!!