Did u miss your train?

7:45 PM, steady hum of countless idling engines reverberating the Trinity Circle, haplessly waiting for the roads to be cleared of insanity. Stuck amidst this chaos is a young girl who has to catch her 8 PM train to Bombay. Her anxiety is very obvious in her face as she is stuck in that very place for 20 min. She asks her rickshawala, by when can he drop to the city station knowing that its humanely impossible to reach the station by the time the train would chug on. He gives her a wry smile indicating that how silly had been her request.

So, her mind clock begins ticking and the compass points to Plan B. Lets catch the train at Cantonment station as that is quite nearer to the place she was stuck and that she could bypass the traffic, she goads the driver to change the usual route and instructs him to lead her to the other destination, which obliges after a slight grumble. He brings in his expert traffic negotiating skills and maneuvers his way to cantonment. He drops her off in the lobby and she scampers to the platform just to see that the train has chugged off from that station too.

The tears are visible in her eyes, that she couldn't catch the train, that she couldn't meet her papa and mama whom she was about to meet after a long time.

She cursed her bad luck that had caught in her and made her to miss her train.

U might question her that its her foolishness to leave home so late to catch the train knowingly that Bangalorean traffic is notorious in the peak hours. Had u asked her , she would have sobbingly replied that she anticipated the traffic and left earlier by an hour than usual, but she dint anticipate more than usual traffic caused by a political VIP who had to be home with his wife after a trip to delhi and that he wished he remained inert to this traffic scene. Her auto was held up in that place just to make way better for that VIP.

U might feel sorry for her, might even offer condolences, finally U would ask what happened to her. The surprising fact that she made it to Bombay the next day same time!!!

Had she sat at Cantonment whining that she lost her train, wouldn't have led her anywhere. But Sanity prevailed in her mind and the compass pointed to Plan C. She immediately boarded an auto, went to a private travels and boarded a bus to Bombay the same day, a touch later though.

She made it to Bombay, no doubt.. but a touch later and without the satisfaction of enjoying the chitter chatter of urchins in the effervescent second class compartment, nor the crispy chikki, delicious vada pavs or the hot tea at the pune station.

The point is .... she made it.

But, U may ask whats so special in this episode. It happens to every common man in the streets.

Yeah true, it is applicable to every common man missing his train, but more applicable if we correlate his missed train to our missed ambitions in life.

So many of us have nurtured many dreams in our childhood. I wanted to become a CA once i grew up. When I met an opposition to that plan, my engineering mind made me wanting to become an electronics engineer. But that sad feeling that I couldn't become a CA was always in the back of my mind and that hampered my preparations to CET. This lack of focus made me get an inferior rank which obviously resulted in me taking up mechanical engineering. All against my interests but yet it happened. Okay i downplayed my ambitions and started loving my subject. In fact I really loved that subject and wanted to go further in the same subject. Wanted to study further, but owing to family compulsions (inevitabilities rather) i had to look out of for a job and finally ended up in this IT industry. Now I am working as a Software Programmer making tons of code which pleases my boss and my client. But what has become of me??? an aspiring CA educated in the engineering of other interests working in IT of God knows what interests..

Am I happy for what I have made of myself? I am sure this would have happened in countless such lives where people have subdued their yearns and still cribbing.

The point is.. how long should U crib, and why should u crib? Do we life of an eternity where our life is dependent and solely dependent on our interests alone. Even stones which seem eternal are crushed down to boulders and sands.

A guy or girl who is love torn often end up becoming devdas or end up in the posters.

Some proceed further and get married to other person other than their interests. Think of the pain the counterpart would experience when they would be expecting the love of their life.

A guy or girl who has lost his job often end up venting their angers and frustrations on their near and dear ones which further divides them apart which ends up ruining an entire family.

Don't we think we need to move on in our lives at-least for the sake of our brethren. Wont one bitter pill cure a bloody headache. Dont we need to think of the long term interests and successes that are sure shot present in our path ahead.

A love torn ass whose positive and looks ahead of the present crisis in his life might end up getting an adoring partner. A dejected pink slip holder, if his crisis is properly nurtured might end up getting a job being more focussed in his future interviews or even become a good self dependent business man with right opportunities in track.

The key think we need to keep in mind is that what ever transient set backs we face in life , this beautiful life will present us a myriad of opportunities for us to make us of it. All we need is a positive thinking heart and mind which wishes to succeed further.

Opportunities are always in present, we need to make an attempt to recognize the potential opportunities and grasp with fullest effort. That my IT life is feeding me and my life itself is an opportunity that life has given me. I might not be charmed by it now, but sure it will surely keep me and my family happy in the longer run.

Some people might argue that career setbacks are different from emotional setbacks and not to equate them. But isn't emotion and career ambitions arise from the same heart. hence both have the same emotional quotient to it. Dont we think learning to move ahead of the setback and grasp the next opportunity is the key? The fact that the girl thought of the bus as her opportunity made her successful in reaching her destination.

Did u miss your train anytime? How u reached your destination?