Who does not know the story of Cinderella. Who is not amused by the purity of the story? Who does not wonder, had there been a Fairy Godmother our problems would have solved...every issue that bothered us...every intricacy that has spun its web around our lives making it complex would have magically disappeared.
Well I too believe in fairy tales...I do believe that there is a fairy Godmother, I do believe that she has a magic wand. I do believe that the wand takes away all problems and makes this world a better place to live in.
With this thought, this firm belief I started a quest, a journey that took my strength it took away my youth. From a supple youth with soft black curls, slowly I turned into a hag with brittle skin and grey locks. I fanatically started looking for this magic wand. The possession of this Key to all happiness became my sole purpose. Every unsuccessful attempt made me...compelled me look more...search more and gander more. Next step I may get it, was my call. I was in a frenzy and later the frenzy became my obsession. "Just another step...a bit more", was the voice deep within me.
My quest was not for just my selfish need to be happy, it had a higher purpose too. I wanted the wand to take away the eye-sores of the world polity and economy and socio-religious panorama. I aimed to take away poverty, intolerance, religious and ethnic differences; I wanted to spread love, happiness and peace all over.
So i convinced myself of this higher cause and a collateral selfish purpose and continued with the quest. Through the journey in search of the Magic Wand I crossed lands and seas and meet different people with different ways. Finally i reached the place where I had come to know that the Magic Wand was hidden.
I walked closer and closer to the place to my Magic wand. As I was walking close I could feel my heart go numb...I was losing my senses! I told myself, "not now! You are so close to it!" I could see my Magic Wand it was in front of me but now I could not get up, I could not touch it. There it was the prize of my endearvours and I saw it vanishing away into thin air....
When I woke up, I found myself in a humble cottage, I still could not believe that my quest...my obsession...my Wand was gone for ever. With the sense of the loss that I had just suffered I started sobbing and started cursing my fate. All I wanted was a magic wand that would take away all the problems and spread Bliss in my life and People at large could also be happy!!
As I was crying over my ill-fate, a fragile lady came over, she has a peaceful aura around her, she had some kind of attraction that compelled people to look at her, a smile that was so content. I looked at her and asked her where was I and Why was she so happy so much so that she looked DIVINE.
To my questions she answered, that, I was at her cottage and she is always happy because she possesses the MAGIC WAND. The Magic Wand!! my Magic Wand...yes the one that I wanted so dearly, the one that made me come here! I asked her in the most humble manner if she could give me her Magic wand. To my question she smiled, went to the wooden peck on the wall where my clothes were hung and from the folds of my own clothes she pulled out a Magic Wand, "how can I give you my Magic Wand when throughout your quest you always had your Magic Wand with your own self?"
We all carry our Magic Wands with ourselves, the solutions to our problems and answer to all our issues. We do not realize the potential of our Magic Wands, we are so busy in the search of a perfect life that we miss to see the perfectness of this imperfect life that we lead. Our Magic Wand are the people around us those who make our lives worth living. Our Magic Wand is the goal of our life that must aim at making this world a better place to live in. Our Magic Wand is we, our mind, our heart and our soul...our magic wand is deep within us all we have to do is undrape our minds bring the purest thought and then our problems will shed away.
The Magic Wand is We...We are the solution of our own problems.
Well I too believe in fairy tales...I do believe that there is a fairy Godmother, I do believe that she has a magic wand. I do believe that the wand takes away all problems and makes this world a better place to live in.
With this thought, this firm belief I started a quest, a journey that took my strength it took away my youth. From a supple youth with soft black curls, slowly I turned into a hag with brittle skin and grey locks. I fanatically started looking for this magic wand. The possession of this Key to all happiness became my sole purpose. Every unsuccessful attempt made me...compelled me look more...search more and gander more. Next step I may get it, was my call. I was in a frenzy and later the frenzy became my obsession. "Just another step...a bit more", was the voice deep within me.
My quest was not for just my selfish need to be happy, it had a higher purpose too. I wanted the wand to take away the eye-sores of the world polity and economy and socio-religious panorama. I aimed to take away poverty, intolerance, religious and ethnic differences; I wanted to spread love, happiness and peace all over.
So i convinced myself of this higher cause and a collateral selfish purpose and continued with the quest. Through the journey in search of the Magic Wand I crossed lands and seas and meet different people with different ways. Finally i reached the place where I had come to know that the Magic Wand was hidden.I walked closer and closer to the place to my Magic wand. As I was walking close I could feel my heart go numb...I was losing my senses! I told myself, "not now! You are so close to it!" I could see my Magic Wand it was in front of me but now I could not get up, I could not touch it. There it was the prize of my endearvours and I saw it vanishing away into thin air....
When I woke up, I found myself in a humble cottage, I still could not believe that my quest...my obsession...my Wand was gone for ever. With the sense of the loss that I had just suffered I started sobbing and started cursing my fate. All I wanted was a magic wand that would take away all the problems and spread Bliss in my life and People at large could also be happy!!
As I was crying over my ill-fate, a fragile lady came over, she has a peaceful aura around her, she had some kind of attraction that compelled people to look at her, a smile that was so content. I looked at her and asked her where was I and Why was she so happy so much so that she looked DIVINE.
To my questions she answered, that, I was at her cottage and she is always happy because she possesses the MAGIC WAND. The Magic Wand!! my Magic Wand...yes the one that I wanted so dearly, the one that made me come here! I asked her in the most humble manner if she could give me her Magic wand. To my question she smiled, went to the wooden peck on the wall where my clothes were hung and from the folds of my own clothes she pulled out a Magic Wand, "how can I give you my Magic Wand when throughout your quest you always had your Magic Wand with your own self?"
We all carry our Magic Wands with ourselves, the solutions to our problems and answer to all our issues. We do not realize the potential of our Magic Wands, we are so busy in the search of a perfect life that we miss to see the perfectness of this imperfect life that we lead. Our Magic Wand are the people around us those who make our lives worth living. Our Magic Wand is the goal of our life that must aim at making this world a better place to live in. Our Magic Wand is we, our mind, our heart and our soul...our magic wand is deep within us all we have to do is undrape our minds bring the purest thought and then our problems will shed away.
The Magic Wand is We...We are the solution of our own problems.
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