Thursday, October 16, 2008

Capturing a new picture in every blink...

It was just another morning for me. I was on the way to my office in an autorickshaw, listening to songs from my usual playlist. This had always been the most boring part of my day. I felt an absolute absence of companions. All I could see around me was the rude Autorickshawala and the dead slow Bangalore traffic. But that day I could see a little more. A middle aged uncle on a Bajaj scooter carrying a lunch box and eagerly waiting for the signal to go green. A young lady carrying a small baby on her side and hurrying from one side of the road to another. Two school girls on the pavement, chatting and heading towards an eventful day. A young professional sitting on the driving seat of a silver sedan, blushing over a mobile conversation. A male wearing a black wrangler helmet riding a 180cc Black Pulsar, saying something funny to the female sitting on the backseat. There was an entire world around me. And not just that day. Everyday, while I had been waiting for my lonely and boring journey to get over, there was so much beauty, so much love around me. During those rush hours, I could have observed a new life, a new character,, a new situation in almost every blink. I could have had the best time of my day surrounded by so many people, beautiful in their own ways.
That day onwards, I played a secret little game on the way to my office; blinked my eyes, captured a new picture, felt the beauty in that and kept repeating it. And my boredom turned into a continuous joy :)

Reminds me of a famous dialogue from American Beauty :
"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me. But it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it. And then it flows through me, like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude."

2 comments:

Anubhav Kansal said...
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Anubhav Kansal said...

Another beautiful post...I really liked that you found beauty all around you....I would suggest you to start playing the "little game" at the new workplace too...there is no meaning in wasting the time over some petty issues...as you rightly said that the world is beautiful (and I totally agree with you)...so start playing the little game at the new place...and you will enjoy it!!! Take care...and keep posting :)