LAUGHTER IS TIMELESS, IMAGINATION HAS NO AGE AND DREAMS ARE FOREVER.
Dear Champ
You are living your best days. There’s more to life than what you make of it right now but ,believe me , you wouldn’t miss out on much even if life turns unfortunate. Your days are so full of life yet so simple. You frown at misfortunes and glee at little success that comes your way but as you grow up you’ll possess all that you want and still walk around with a heavy heart. Happiness will soon be a thing of the past and friends will slowly part from you. Years will start to count more and days lesser, relations will get strained and very far from your loved ones you will set foot on a path, all alone, chasing unfulfilled dreams and distant happiness. You’ll muster just enough courage each day for it to pass and as you eventually lost sight of the shore, you’ll long to go back from where you started and live those carefree days once again. You’ll wander places you’ve always wondered and witness wonders you’ve never imagined yet the comfort of your home and warmth of the hearth will always haunt you. People will judge you for the suit that clads you and not the gentleman within. Eventually you’ll have less people you can trust. And most of all you don’t get to dream anymore.
Bit by bit you start losing parts of yourself - you become a stranger.
I know you have better plans.You'll definitely make it big when you grow up. You are ambitious and a dreamer - I envy you.Your greatest strength is your conviction- nothing seems impossible to you. Right?
You dream of great things and possess the courage to see it through. Nothing deters you. Nothing scares you. Oh! and the world should see how unflinchingly you get up every time you fall. I see fire in you, hope in your eyes , gentleness in your heart and purity in your soul.You have nothing to lose, everything to gain and you take the world head on. You are my HERO and how I wish I could be at least be half of what you are.
You must think of me as a poor soul, entrapped and living in vain after what I've narrated. Grown ups may appear pitiful to you and rightly so. The uncertainty that hangs puts you in a dilemma of what you're doing with your life. But I assure your its altogether an unthinkable feat and opportunity to explore the world. To accept the challenges undaunted , to face your fears up straight and to finally conquer it all.
After everything I just said about growing up, I stand corrected. You'll want to hear about the midnight plans we hatched and set off on a trip with no destination in mind and means barely enough, hitching rides as we wandered. The days I wouldn't budge an inch sitting under a tree flipping an old dusty book I picked from the flea market. For sometime I couldn't afford the turf but I would trade anything to go back to the times when we would kick football at a small clearing in the outskirts of the city until we could see no more. Of all those good old days, the struggling days were the best- after pulling off an all nighter I would walk upto the gym first thing, cook afterwards and manage to finish off the half read book. All because, I had big dreams and was stupid enough to believe in them. I can go on and on. And the thing about friends - I have a very few of them around but they are the best ones to have.
One day it'll be your turn to leave the familiar and walk into the unknown. You'll experience it all for yourself. You'll encounter challenges each step of your journey and temptation will surround you. But mind you, always follow that voice that whispers from within, do no man wrong, help those in need, learn to smile in times of misfortune and the day prosperity visits you, be grateful and be grounded even more. Remember the sacrifices you made but know this, you can never be too grateful for what your parents went through. Never forget your roots. Pursue not what fill the coffers but that which lightens your heart. And most of all have the courage to take a stand and never let someone else's perception of you determine your own worth.
I hope you learn to be happy in your own terms and be proud of the person you are becoming - even if it isn't exactly where you want to be.
I hope, at the end of the day you find what you're looking for out there and life continues to inspire you.
At last, I sincerely hope you continue to dream.
