Daydreams

Today while i was taking in my daily dose of quotes, i found a very interesting one.

All religions will pass, but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking in the distance. ~V.V.Rozanov

I wonder how many of us these days, actually daydream? With the kind of life we have been living we seldom get a chance to sit and relax. Life has become a race for most of us, (i say most of us, coz i happen to know ppl, who stand outside the race and sometimes even walk in the opposite direction). I remember as a kid, or for that matter, even a few years back i used to daydream a lot. The dreams i see have changed and evolved with time. But one thing that never changed is that it is a place where i am the happiest. Its not like i dont face challenges in my dreams. i do. but every dream ends in a happy ending and i end up smiling and feeling proud of myself.

When i was a child, i used to dream about having super-powers. I could fly, be invisible, have super-strength, could do gymnastics, have ultra sense of smell, sight etc etc. I would always have these and would use these to save people around me. I guess, i always wanted to be loved by one and all and den this felt to be the easiest way of getting attention. I mean who wouldn't look at you if you could fly at 100 miles an hr, or could break walls with one punch. The villains would fear me and others would love me.

Then the dreams took a little turn from the original. This time i still had superpower but i used this to save some damsel in distress, and everytime we would fall for each other and a romance would embark on. Around this very time whenever i would see a girl, i would dream about how i could have approached her and talked to her. In the end, for sure the girl got interested in me. (In reality i could hardly utter a single word infront of the opposite sex).

These days, i hardly get time to daydream, but if i do, its usually about the serious stuff. My career, my future, my life after IIT etc etc. I wish I could get back the innocence I had back then. I wish I could be a superman again, even though in my dreams. However hard i try I am not able to do that. I know that kid is still somewhere inside me, as if asking me to come find him.

Lets hope i do that. life is so simple and fun when seen from the eyes of a kid.

He does not need opium who has the gift of reverie. ~Anais Nin