One midnight as I was passing by her room as my sleep had got interrupted ( to answer the call of nature), I just could not resist the temptation of gate crashing into hers. She was reading a hard bound pink coloured small book which she claimed had inspirational quotes. Great , I said to my self.
When the whole batch slept ( there were no exams approaching and the days were as hectic as usual), this young lady needs inspiration from a book! Quite unheard of before. The hostellers us, we were a cool gang altogether and to think about gaining inspiration from a book at midnight hour appeared alien to me.
"When will you sleep darling, to rekindle your spiritual tired nerves"
She replied in a serious guttural sound - " all great scholars used to get up early in the morning at प्रात: काल की बेला. I find it hard to get up so early so I have devised this new way of staying awake till that time after which I sleep for 3-4 hours. Uske baad to class mein sona hee hai poore din".
Then we both had a hearty laugh and I came back after this midnight banter.
The matter was soon forgotten and laid in wraps in some corner of my temporal lobe till few days back when at the Delhi airport I chanced upon this book titled 'who will cry when you die' by Robin Sharma. Another famous book by this motivational writer 'the monk who sold he's ferrari' occupies a back space in my book shelf. I had bought it some years back but some how chose not to read that. The reason is pretty vague. I love to read either Robin Cook or some historical fictional ones. But tastes do change with time and circumstances.
At this juncture of my life when I feel absolutely no sense of security(!!!), I felt so indecisive whether to go for it or not, but standing in the queue at the counter, my mind pulled me up and I bought this one with a lot of others.
The book is divided into small chapters and so beautifully organized that I found myself reading this end to end in just one go. Outstanding ! Now this has become a part of my sacred bed time books on my side table.
It gives you dictums to live your life to the fullest, a life governed by your choices and not just by chance. We, the tiny specks on this huge canvas of eternity , amidst a string of broken trusts and relationships, insecurities, disappointments often need to seek wisdom from an author of this caliber.
Lessons learnt
1. I will get up early in the morning, no matter what may come
2. A worry break to be scheduled before my daily evening walk.
3. Have to reconnect with the nature through my colors, brushes and paintings.
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