Who says life's dull !!

The roller coaster ride called life actually seemed dull to me once..not so long ago (count a few years..am quite old :P )...It does at times when i compare mine to some other people and agonise that they know a lot more than i do abou certain things which i should know in day to day life..but then i do recognise the fact that my life is also like their lives ..its just that they may find mine more eventful as i find their..how true ..grass is always greener on the other side of the fence..we crave to be some one else at some point of time...what we forget is maybe they do too ..

If you think life's dull...just count the number of times you almost thought ..damn why am i alive ..i can't handle the stress..or the moments when you wanted a moment to last forever..or those when you laughed till you started crying...Even these moments are rare for some people in the struggle to survive..and we who lead a fairly sheltered life (in varying degrees ofcourse. :P ) bemoan that we have not faced any struggle..how interesting life would be if one had to travel in a cramped bus..trust me the novelty will not last more than a couple of time and not more than a year even for the more resilient ones..one needs to realise that this 'interesting' life full of struggle..crowds.. is a routine for some and a day where some one else take care of them and they can sleep till noon and stay up all night is interesting for those whose 'adventurous' life some of us crave at times...

Each one of us tries to live some one else's life and at others is just forced into living it till it becomes theirs too....it is true..you live several life times in one life span..yours at diffferent lifecycle stages, your friends, your families, your colleagues..and each person have come across..you just don't realise it....

Life is not dull...the thrill of it never dies ..just keep looking for it...
The convesation.. discussions..quarrels between spouses who've been together for 20 years may seem the same and routine to an outsider but they don't even realise; to them its a novelty..

Lets take a look at a few snippets...

Here i was standing in the bus with a heavy bag slung over one shoulder and my hand not reaching the bus railing attatched up above...so i look for a foothold the moment i get into the bus..and find the slightly upraised floorboard near the entrace and stand thir feeling tall and comfy holding on to the railing to my right and above....then begins the surge of humanity enterng the bus as if it's noah's ark and all civilisation is going to end ...someone stamps my feet..someone sits on the other one(yes on the floor)..some one elbows the bulging tummy..and you feel as if your lungs are gonna burst..the bus lurches..lungs..almost topples to one side and then stops..some people get out ..and more surge in ...some miss their destination..others holler at the driver for them (ie those who missed thier stop ) right in my year in a foreign tongue(how sweet of them)...then finally just a stop before mine , the bus is wooosh..empty...the driver calls out the name of my stop and asks me to move near the door..i smile beatifically and sit down...my stop comes..and i jump off the bus..the driver is considerate enuf to start the bus once iam down on the firm ground ( or was it a red light..i believe the former....the optimist that iam) and the conductor spares my fingers and closes the door a moment too late ...the sun smiles down at me and the friendly car drivers honk the horn at me as i stand mesmerised by the solidity and firmness of the ground beneath my feet(did i ever say thank you mother Earth !)....and i cross the road jumping..running..stopping..glaring..signalling..dodging cars swerving like a shower of bullets on the highway..and reach ..the office..and the day has just begun ... :P...


I lead an eventful life..will narrate some more soon....wait up...