Dil lagaana padtaa hai

You have great job, comfortable lifestyle, wonderful routine and to top it all an amazing life partner(or probable partner).

Everything seems fine…..And then life asks you WHY? (a silent, subtle and rare question)

It’s not the feeling associated with being greedy in life…not even the one called being ‘unsatisfied’ with all that God has blessed you with…but its something…

Something that asks you to change the course of life, something pushing you away from your comfort zone, something asking you to test waters, something taking you to an unknown terrain. This is asking you to do something the world would consider strange and stares at you with queer eyes. You would look too idealistic yet too stupid to them if you listen to this ‘something’

And the strangest thing is that this ‘something’ is not a force or doesn’t compel you…its just as silent as a prayer or as subtle and soft as a mother's touch. It is not one of those loud horns tearing you apart. Its like a random tide which rises from vast ocean of voices and you run away from it towards the direction of your comfort shore.

Some call this ‘something’- a calling. I am yet to figure out the right word however, my search is on. Hence, I believe all of us have a calling however most of us either suppress this calling or throw it out of the mental window.

Pursuing the girl of your dreams, leaving a high paying job to become a chef, changing the place of work to be with your parents, taking longer holidays to take your children to a summer camp….all these can be your something.

Its one life guys…..its short…its now….listen to your silence….your calling and that will give you real joy. It’s so easy to compromise and be lured into comforts, it’s fantastic to follow the routine and do what others think right. For once, stop saying ‘Dil lagana padta hai’ whether its your profession or your personal life. You will understand what is the meaning of joy the day you say ‘maine dil ki sunni’(I listened to my heart).