It rained in the morning!
Not like the sweeping downpour that only lasts for an hour but leaves no traces behind. No, today it was the more persistent variety that flood lanes.
Today was also office day. So in spite of the killing desire to loll on the bed and get up late, I had to get up, do the bachelor chores and get ready.
But that was easy.
Once outside, I could see that the much talked about Noida's infrastructure was coming apart. The roads were jammed and the streetlights were unsurprisingly not working. I had a first-person view of a free for all. How there managed not to be a pile-up, only god knows.
No buses were going to my office's side, though normally they do. I am not too fond of buses but sometimes take them if I have enough time as they do save me a lot of money.
We, as in me and my flatmate managed to get an auto but the bugger refused after initially agreeing. What made him change his mind that I'll never know.
It was getting late. My flatmate was getting edgy. The furrows on his brows became a permanent fixture. I took myself out of the scene (mentally) to view the world (or so to speak). It was beautiful. The puddles on lanes and roadsides, the cloudy skies, the pleasant weather- it was amazing. I know I'm taking this far, but it felt breathtaking.
But the world seemed to mind. They were in a hurry to get on with their lives and the weather somehow was not permitting. The roads were jammed not because they were too narrow but people had no patience.
What have we become?
We can't even enjoy what we see around us? The beauty that we so crave for and often pay astronomical amounts on a vacation is right in front of us. Why then we choose to ignore?
Has our lives become so neat and arranged that we reserve the time we can admire the beauty of nature?
I have lost a lot of things over my adolescence- my innocence and part of my conscience. But I still haven't lost myself. I want all the good things in life too but not at such a cost.
So that one day I look back and still recognise myself.
So that one day I realise that I have not wasted myself in this pursuit of Unhappyness.
So that one day when I sleep for eternity, I know it has been a life well spent.
