An insight into an illusion
Why do we always look for a grandeur start? I shall confess something; I don’t have one for what I’m going to write down further. Does that mean, it won’t be read or would already be rejected because of the bizarre beginning? What if I promise you a good ending? Will that hold you to read through the page so you may locate an interesting, worthy ending? Here I am talking about my article or the piece of writing but give a thought and let your brain churn a li’l; we do that in every sphere of our lives.
A shattered beginning or a beginning with cracks has often left us blue and numb. I’m trying to locate the answer to this within me and my surroundings which guide most of our thoughts.
I would like to share with you a story, a story which weaves around the same context.
New girl in a town
Like the title you might find the girl familiar too. She is a specy, sweet girl who is always busy in understanding the life around her; new in the town! Let me tell you, here town is not a demographic displacement but there’s more, a lot more to that.
She sits near you and she lends you the spark of her smile and believe me she keep trying handing over the lamp to people to see the world around her in brightness and in shine. She told me once, she is very apprehensive to walk alone. She is worried for a good start. She startled in the beginning like we all do, she undoubtedly broke several times like we do but she still walks along the path her heart takes her. She knew she is entering in a field which could be challenging for her but she continued to listen to her heart. she is still just a ‘normal’ not an extraordinarily ‘normal’ who’s ever got accolades but I felt a need to acknowledge her journey and I would like to acknowledge each one us for our own struggle we have lived in our tits and bits span of our lives.
She puzzles you every now and then. Her giggle can take away all your worries and an embrace from her is such a boost. She is my best friend. She can be yours too but only if you grant yourself a big heart which can take in the worst & the best. She is the epitome of Laughter at times. You just have to look at her and she can mesmerize you with the twinkle in the eyes. She came in the town recently and instantly became friends with me. I told her, she must be cautious of the new place, new people but she refused to pay heed to my super boring Philosophy. Only thing she knew was ‘To Live’. She told me once; I come into the lives of people and reside in their heart and soul. Every time I take a new ride to sky I feel special and touched. But every time I’m left unaccomplished I feel numbed. I still continue to travel to various towns, every time experiencing the newer lives…
She is a ‘Dream’…
A dream to become a doctor is shattered as early as I unable to crack the first entrance.
A dream to become a teacher is lost as soon as I am told am a bad orator. etc etc..
Thousands of our dreams just don’t come alive because we soon bury them the moment they face the tribulations and criticisms. Let the new girl in all of us explore the unexplored, gratify the beauty, inhale the aroma…
P.S.: I chose girl as a metaphor for dream because that’s how dream is like: innocent, beautified, magnificent, fantastical, peculiar, desired.
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By Astha Nagpal,
Student of Psychology
Ambedkar University, Dwarka
This post was originally published on July 30, 2010
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cant get btr dn this …superb narration….well done astha
n message too…..live for dreams, give thm the space to nurtur ….let them pass thru difficulties….. this will made u strnger n strnger …..
harry
July 30, 2010 at 9:32 am
nice article…
simple and cool…
true in every sense..
we generally do the same thing..
Abhishek.Bindal
July 30, 2010 at 9:52 am
i like your presence of mind on the very fact that you bothered to tell why u personified dream as a girl and not a boy, i really appreciate this, though this very fact supports sexism, if i would have written this, i wouldn’t have personified dream at all, its a sanguine emotion which helps a human being to live.
but ya, what u wrote is something new, awesome!
peep
July 30, 2010 at 11:01 am
so true…most of our dreams cant breath bcoz we dnt let them to do..
nice words which bring hope to DREAM and to turn them into reality ..
saryu
July 31, 2010 at 8:55 am
@harsimran & abhishek: thankyou for liking the piece of work! I hope the underlying message is conveyed!
Astha
July 31, 2010 at 9:33 am
@peep: I appreciate the fact you brought in the Gender issue, which seems so dominant in the write – up!
but i would like to correct you li’l, i had no intention of bringing sexism into it & i suppose neither i have done that. As you already said, I made sure that my point of metaphor is referred in convincingly. So, there’s no scope of indifference..
I know it’s an emotion but I believe that the manifestation of it in any form brings it more closer to us. I used ‘she’ as a metaphor here, it could just be anything… an emotion when played on guitar would definitely sound sweeter than just narrated!
It’s all about Perceptions..!!
thank you for acknowledging the authenticity of it
Astha
July 31, 2010 at 9:40 am
@Saryu: yeah! Good Luck for your dreams..!! thank you!
Astha
July 31, 2010 at 9:41 am
a true writing emerging from u astha..
a lot said with a lot more feeling added to it .. its just amazing to read and to feel the emotion in it ..
simply LOVELY
keep writing ..:)
krishna priya
July 31, 2010 at 9:47 am
@krishna: hey thank you! I hope this does encourage your Dreams too! thank you
Astha
July 31, 2010 at 10:34 am
@krishna: hey thank you! I hope this does encourage your Dreams too!
Astha
July 31, 2010 at 10:36 am
Indeed its dat article whose ending forced me to appreciate it……….well done aastha…..
At the end i jus wanna say dat…”A dream is only a dream” and if dat happens u r d luckiest person on Earth…….
abhi
July 31, 2010 at 11:11 am
@abhi: thank you !
yes a dream would only remain a dream if you won’t work hard to accomplish it!
I can be luckiest only if I work towards my goals..
good luck!
Astha
July 31, 2010 at 11:42 pm
w0w…a superb wite up..impressed wid the p0sitivity it carries!!
g0 0n gurl..keep f0ll0wing ur dreams!!
Shuchi
August 1, 2010 at 12:37 am
@Shuchi: I hope this positivity is contagious enough to affect you
thank you!
YOu too follow your Dreams…..
Astha
August 1, 2010 at 1:05 am
Adorable!!!….. super duper like…. Dreams can b understood so simply, i realised it today only…. thanks yaar, u enlightened us by ur commendable work… good going…
Garima Jain
August 1, 2010 at 10:50 am
@Garima: hey thank you! Oh I didn’t realize I have simplified the meaning of dreams.. Hope it helps you to understand your own dreams..!
Astha
August 2, 2010 at 9:50 am