A 3-decade old dream

It's not unusual for the middle-aged population to start doing what their senior counterparts, i.e. the older generation do! And that is starting most of their conversation with "In my days..." or "Back in my times..." or "When I was your age..." or "In the year..." and so on and so forth. I am fortunately or otherwise in that age bracket, the other side of 40's. I do not want to believe that I do all the above yet I am reminded at times by myself, that I am slowly starting my sentences with that phrase, at least in my mind as I hear my thoughts! So, without further ado, I want my readers to take a glimpse of what I had in my mind, around 3 decades ago (My! My!, I really could not believe while typing out the title that it's been almost 30 odd years) when I used to be sweet sixteen! I would say that I was a very carefree child and an even more free teenager with a very forward-thinking and liberal set of parents who never kept any do's & don't agreements or had any apprehensions regarding us or issued any guidelines to us as children except the major ones which they kept as major landmarks for us. For example. Study properly and stand on your own feet as financial independence is very important, or that good habits like waking up early, being a non-fussy eater, and being respectful, kind & friendly are all key pillars to being a good human being. We were also given the freedom to choose our life partners by ourselves if we wish to although the normal trend in our lineage is to have a proper arranged marriage. Despite all this freedom, I never took advantage of all that and kept focusing on the moment and did what was right at that particular stage.

As I grew up, my attention started going towards my future. My main dream was to start earning for myself and become financially independent. I managed to achieve that quite quickly. The thing with dreams is that once they are fulfilled, you deviate towards another dream and then yet another and so the chain continues. But deep down the real need for any dream is, unfulfilled desires and the reason for our craving for desires to be fulfilled is to be joyful and happy. So one can very easily say that the real dream of anyone is to be happy and it was no different for me. My only dream then and now is to live a life without much drama, to live a peaceful, happy, contented and loveful life. This dream surely has manifested into reality. Back in my younger days, I was not quite sure of the fructification of this simple yet most important dream of mine but after I had a full-on life with its ups and downs, with its positives and negatives, I became stronger. Just like gold gets its value after being under the fire, likewise, I have no qualms about going under the fire of life to become what I am today, a soul who can conveniently say that the dream of being a positively content and happy soul has indeed been fulfilled.

My 3-decade old dream has seen its manifestation.