How many times have you speeded your vehicle to catch the green signal at the nearing traffic signal? Well if your answer is never I would say you are too sober for this world. I am myself a person of values (at least I like to think so) and even then I have rushed into the signal many a times to avoid that irritating red light. Not that we are in a hurry to reach somewhere but it is just the worry to be left behind!
This desire to catch the green signal is not limited to the traffic post, it is much more complex and diverse than one can imagine. While working in the automation team, my team mate once told me than the green tick after a test passes gives her a certain unknown kind of relief. I could completely understand her as I myself had spent many sleepless nights dreaming about the failed test cases. You might not be able to comprehend the above situation but if you try to recollect there will definitely be a time in your life when you might have desperately craved for a green light. One such time for me, is now, when I login every time with SR6738800 and cross my fingers for a “Congratulations” written in serene green colour. I know this is not the end and that further makes me wonder when this desire will ultimately end.
The urge to grow and explore greener pastures has always driven mankind and I am just bloody one of them. When I think of the ultimate gain from this entire struggle my two little eyes glitter with two big $ $ ! But that is definitely not what I had in mind when I set for this journey. Somewhere the idea got lost, somewhere I got lost, somewhere many others like me got lost. This is not the only definition of happiness left in the world. The sooner we realize this and stop being a part of this rat race, the easier it will be for us to get back to our true individualism. That might bring our search for the green signal to an end, a happy end.
6 comments:
Your best so far.
1. Clear concise sentences.
2. Lovely metaphor.
3. Nice structure and well drafted idea.
You are getting better with every post. Keep writing!
Thanks dear..
You know who is the inspiration :)
Hi Swati,I dint know u had this talent of relating things to life.well usually people call it philosophy but in my view it is actually the indepth reality that lives with all of our lives..:)
very closely observed!! bravo
Everytime you write I feel myself in the character. Nicely written..
Kudos!
P.S: I was thinking today itself that you haven't written from so long..telepathy?? :)
@Saumya: Thanks.. :)
@Neha: Haha.. Telepathy indeed :) Btw, we are all in the same boat.
You just wrote what everyone hopes for every single time. We hope we gen a green single every time :D
On a lighter note, on a late night(3am something) trip to law college square, we were trying to cross a X crossing and _all_ the lights were red.. strangely all 4 sides cars were waiting for it to turn green. It was funny .. even I waited for a few secs and then my pillion(Maddu) shouted Bhaga! and off we went..Making a point that generalizing, Nagpur people dont mind red signals :P
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