Small kid....small village....big dreams...go to big city....make it big....conquer destiny...
Sounds like a hindi movie put into one single line. But eventhough the story sounds inspirational at first, the reality in many cases is different.
I am sure that you must have heard atleast one story about a small village kid with big dreams..or a poor kid who couldnt afford education making big in life. I love the line sung by Robbie williams "you made a miracle mother, i'll make man out of me". Now i dont want to be pessimistic but just wipe the dew drops off the window so that we can see whats happening in the world outside. All we hear is the one life that succeeded, what we dont hear is about the 100's of lives that failed. But then its human to look only at the brighter side of life (is it?) even though you know its not as bright as it looks.
Temptation, a single word but means or atleast relates to as many things as one might imagine. Why some people give in on their temptations while others give up on them? I never understood and probably never will, as to how two people with very similar ideas and philosophy take two completely different paths in life, or for that matter even react differrently to the same situation.
All parents who send their kids to the big city (anywhere away from home) so that they can take their flight and soar high into the sky and make them proud, love and believe in their kids. Some parents do it out of choice, others out of compulsion or just to fulfill their kids wish, but each one of them hopes that it all works out.
But do all kids fulfill their parents dreams, do they walk on the path that their parents think they do? Many of us after leaving home lose ourselves...in alcohol...drugs...and other such temptations....and we still manage to convince ourselves that its all alright...coz once you are back at home you will let go of all of it. But to know if it really works that way i will have to wait....
Not that i am addicted to any of it, but then theres someone or maybe somemany who invoked this entire chain of thoughts. (mom dad dont worry, i am sane and will be)
I cannot answer this question for all of us, we have to answer it for ourselves. I am not a saint but neither am i a sinner, but i guess i walk pretty close to what i should. I know from the looks of it i seem to be the sinner, but then there are others who look much innocent not only to us but everyone around and yet they are the sinners.
I guess all of it is about freedom, how much you did or did not get as a kid. But then freedom is just one of the factors and not the only one, there could be many, but i have seen it to be the most important along with the close second, Opportunity.
These two along with you self-control to resist temptations decide as to how far will you ever go on the dark side, or if at all you will ever go on the dark side.
Who am i to deicde the line that defines right or wrong? Nobody, i am nobody at least not in your life. In your life its you who has to make the decision, pick your options, make your choices and if possible not regret it all in the end. I know its tough and at times we all falter but what distinguishes one from the other is how you gather yourself after the break or the fall.
I guess in ways we all are like Alice in wonderland....(i have never read this book in my life, but i still dare to use the phrase)
