MOTORCYLCE AND LIFECYCLE........

clock struck 4....and pooja started pegging on me to get ready for the shopping...she comes to me every sunday and we spend some very lovely moments together.
so i started to get ready for the ExhperiEnce that she promised me in the vishal mega mart..and i agreed to accompany her..(damn....i dont love shopping)...
neways, we reached, we shopped and we left the mall....now on my bike on the open highway, with wind blowing past my hair, cows , trees and cars whizzing past me...i experienced a sort of divine xperience...
all of a sudden, a sort of strange calm descended on me, and my mind started to drift deep in my past...my past, where me and my brother used to go to the malikpur canal to bathe and eat some kulchas..this was some 10 yrs ago....man, i loved to ride my cycle! i still remember when i got one, i was so happy that i never got down it for the whole day!
then i visualised myself carrying my bag and going for the SSB allahabad, for my nda interview..this was some 5 yrs ago. i was loathing at papa's decision to send me to NDA and at the same time, very excited at the prospect of meeting up new people.

whizzing past noida toll post, suddenly a whole new thought blazed thru my mind....our life is like just riding a motorcylce....we whiz past moments very past,we glide thru happy nd sad times, whatever we do, our bike doesnt stops. we have to face whatevr comes our way, and each speed breaker, though it slows us a bit, doesnt prevents us from riding on....

we keep a distant vision while driving....same is the funda with living....we maintain a distant goal in our eye, yet continue to tackle shot term problems, pay tax at local booths, continue to refill our fuel tanks, service the bike sometimes, maintain a constant speed or accelerate sometimes......but we keep moving on..

as a famous zen saying goes.....its not the destination but the journey that counts...so i necjed pooja a bit..she was feeling sleepy from the cool wind blowing in her face.....she smiled at me...the same beautiful smile that took my heart away 3 yrs ago...

i keep riding on....glad that i discovered a link between lifecycle nd motorcycle...and i strenghtened my prerogative to live in the top gear...speed up when other think that traffic is too much..find alternative paths when the traditional path seems monotonous and less rewarding....continue to welcome change in the form of a stray cow that come suddenly in ur way or an unexpected expense that props up from nowhere in life...

i keep riding on....

dropping pooja at her flat, i turn back...saw back at her, she passing a very sweet and sleepy smile....

i put bike in top gear...whizzed past a small boy on the bicycle. he had his small brother sitting behind him....they smiled at me....somewhere we connected.....i felt him saying...yes raman, yes.....life means to move on ...cherish old moments...yet look out for the future road ahead....

whether it is the bicycle or the motorcycle.....lifecycle matters...

and i keep driving...in the top gear...