Amidst all these wanderings I pick up on some strands of thoughts ... a song here, a friend's status update there, and twist them to reiterate the quests that are mine ... and perhaps yours too ... We share a story about the obvious - and the unsaid ... the expectations that are yet to be met - the wishes that are yet to be fulfilled. I have so much ... yet is this what I wanted ... perhaps ... perhaps not ...
Do I even know what I want ... not really, not always ... that bothered me - a lot ... till I chanced upon the concept of Neti Neti just the other day ... apparently even the Upanishads mention the mantra of "neither this, nor that." Wiki - the modern day friend, philosopher, and guide explained this as "an analytical process of conceptualizing something by clearly defining what it is not." ... Sort of a process of elimination ... Is that what life is?... Never looked at it like that before ...
Life then perhaps is a book and the chapters lived are those chapters that we can go back to and read ... it was fun cooking together that day, sitting and sharing that pastry, watching that sunset together ... And the days ahead are still to be written - and if we take them each page at a time it will surely be an interesting read one fine day ... of a journey through the times ... of my life - and yours too ... just got to be patient ... after all Rome wasn't built in a day ...
