No. I haven't ever bungee-jumped in my life! (At least not the kind you are thinking or what the picture depicts). So it follows that I am not at all qualified to write even an "alphabet" , leave aside a complete blog post on this topic.
And yet I am about to.
I am about to bungee jump.
From everything that I am used to for 4 decades of my existence. From a comfort zone where I could operate effortlessly even in my deepest sleep. From an assured-secured-high-paying-job that provides me with an almost near-infinite supply of all my needs. From everything I was "engineered" and "trained" for in my early years of life. From a world where annual merit increase is a fundamental right and its absence an absolute act of "betrayal". From a universe where a mere casual official dinner could cost the same as two months of pay of someone just a few meters away from you. From a world where sky has never been the limit.
Ten days from today, I leave this universe. I jump into the open space to explore the different possibilities that life can offer. I go to a world where demands will overtake the supplies all the time. I go to a world where I will have to think twice before indulging in anything that is more than an absolute need. I go to a world where every day is lived just the way it ought to be – One day at a time!
I feel the same "thrill". The thrill that you get when you jump from a cliff with only a thin rope tied to your feet and absolutely no guarantee of that rope pulling you back in time. I feel the same "stomach cramp" that you get when having a free fall from a height with no certainty on where you are going to land. I feel the same "excitement" that you get when you observe the world from a height and discover how beautiful it always was. You just were not watching it from the right altitude!
I have plunged.
Zindagi – Watch out – Here I come to explore you again!
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