"Oh, please do not wake me up from dreams of heaven and glory!!"
I was sleeping comfortably when I heard thunder of lighting from outside the home-cloud. Oh! is it the time to be dropped? Are we ready? I quizzed around. And it seemed that it was and we were all set to start. Any moment, I would be out in the air. Free and flying. Thrills of joy were running through my spine. At last, I would get a chance to explore the world outside my home-cloud. And as I was thinking this, I realized I had already started falling.
The feel was awesome. I was numb and excited at the same time. The speed with which Dear Earth was pulling me was amazing. I spread my arms and closed my eyes to feel the freedom and joy. I also shouted many woo-hooo's. I had never felt that way. It was so much fun. When I finally opened my eyes after believing that it was reality, I also saw many of my friends around getting the same opportunity. I could see them glee too and enjoying the fall.
But as Dear Earth started becoming visible to me, a wave of fear ran through my heart. It started beating heavily. The thought of touching the ground was taking my breath away, all of a sudden.
From the home-cloud above, the earth seemed uniformly nice and pleasant. It never occured then, that after coming close enough, I will realize that it is different at every small distance. At one place, it was covered with roses and at the other place, it was a filthy dungeon. In another place, infinite water in which I would merge and at some other place, it had a bed of sand.
On coming even closer, I realized that i could fall on a road-side puddle and get lost or on a leaf of a tree and rest there like a pearl. Or on a lip of a person or on the brow of a beautiful eye. I could make it to the shit of an animal or on the roof of a house.
I realized that all the fun of the journey was in the journey itself. And not the destination because that was something fated.
And I closed my eyes again to meet the fate with open arms as I felt I was just a raindrop and couldn't decide the place I finally rest in.
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The above portray is not just the falling of a rain-drop but it can be compared to something as big as the journey of our life or as small as targetting a new venture. Or to falling in love or to starting anew for anything in life. ENjoy each of these journeys and not bother about the destination :). The fun lies here..
