The Ride Continues

Its when something snaps that one gets forced to do a reality check n wonder if its time to realign one’s perspectives about life… And something did snap… then some more did… In a cruelly unfair world, it’s a sensible thing to take chances. So I decided to go by the best of three tosses. But I wasn’t exactly taking chances here, coz instead of flipping a dumb coin, I decided to pick three most important and sensible people who know me inside-out, and who’ve always stood by me through thick and thin, and ask them whether they felt I should be re-evaluating my take on life post the current turn of events. Being the first time in 8 years that im actually asking a second person to evaluate my choices of actions, I feared the worst. The first answer turned out to be a definite no…the second one, an even more definite no… so I decided not to bother the third person. And here I am, following the same ol road iv been traveling despite the fact that it has started getting grittier and a whole lot rougher …And then came the most encouraging piece of advice for the day from none other than Rocky Balboa… I have no idea why I ended up picking that dvd from a stack of about a hundred others… very random choice… And Rocky’s piece of advice to his son made more sense than ever.. So here is how it goes:

When you were this small, I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilege. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know... The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that! I'm always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain't gonna have a life

Never for once thought Rocky would give me this strong a moment … I guess, given the right circumstances, anything can give u an energy-boost! Every once in a while we get a feeling that we’ve seen it all and that there is no situation that can chicken us out… but there is always one out there. And when that time comes and you find something standing right in front of you, something that ain't running and ain't backin up and is hittin on you and you are too damn tired to breathe. If you find that situation on you, thatz good, coz thatz baptism under fire! You get thru that and you find the only kind of respect that matters in this world, Self respect!