Few days back I saw a movie “Dead poets society” a progressive English teacher, encourages his students to break free from the norms, go against the status quo and live unapologetically. I particularly liked the a poem from the movie
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
Most of us spend our lives first twenty years or so in studying, under constant pressure to excel academically, pressure from parents, pressure from society, then as soon as you finish education you need to get a well paying job, after getting a job also we feel happy for some days then you notice some other colleague or friend of yours is earning far better than you that moment happiness vanishes and rat race starts.
Second thing that comes after job is marriage, if you get married early enough you feel loaded with responsibilities and worry about your future, whereas if you don’t get married even after crossing marriageable age then people start questioning and due to this kind of societal pressure you feel like you are a loser because you could not find someone to get married.
All around we see examples of successful people in all fields, right from being an artist, a musician, a chef ……but still parents push their children in only one direction to excel in academics and follow the age old curriculum with little creativity. Many a dreams are killed due to pressure of living a life which society wants you to live.
Amongst all this stressful life, with bills to pay we have to put up with jobs that we hate, we keep on planning about the future including our retirement but there is no guarantee that we will be alive tommorow.I know that it’s not possible for anyone to live all the tension behind and enjoy each day, leave the drudgery of hateful job and start working on your passion, but at least we can find some moments to do something we all like not for money or fame or anything but just for inner peace and happiness.
Find at least one weekend or one day in the month or at least few days in year when you can do something you really like to do, without thinking about benefit of doing that, as you get engrossed you will forget the world around you, all your worries of future will vanish and you will feel like you are truly living. That is your moment which you have seized from this world only for you….
Dream Notepad 