Me in Wonderland

16^th Jan, 6 p.m.; IMT Ghaziabad;

Lecture Hall - Vidur;

Course: Corporate Tax Planning and Management;

Yet again, I was seeing through the teacher and wandering in my wonderland in one of the most interesting lectures. I was in a jungle, and it was raining. There were grasslands and wild flowers around and a river was cutting the pebble bed. I was riding a tiger and chasing elephants. It was thrilling and I was enjoying every bit of it.

A few minutes later when I got bored, this question struck me that why am I here? Is this really the place where I wanted to be? Or, is it just the flow of thoughts which brought me here? I wondered if these flowers in my wonderland could be replaced by more beautiful and fragrant ones and if this rain could be replaced by snowfall; if I could fly and touch the sky. And since it was my wonderland, it happened. The flowers were replaced by prettier ones, I enjoyed the snowfall, and I actually enjoyed the flight and touched the sky. I realized the power of imagination. You can relish and cherish just anything and everything with this power.

And somehow I feel this is analogous to dreams in real life. If we tap the power of dreams, we can achieve just anything in life. Yes, I accept that it’s not going to be so easy and quick in real life but there, definitely, is a path to reach everywhere in this world. If our mind, thoughts, imagination can reach somewhere, we sure can. Just look back at your life once and your experience would say the same.

Don’t refrain yourself from dreaming big just because the logics, models, theories of this world can’t explain it because many events have left the human race wondering. Take the example of Erin Brockovich. On winning the title of Miss Pacific Coast she expressed her desire to contribute to the society. Later, she gave up pageant life and despite lack of a formal law school education, constructed a case against PG&E and is an environmental activist today.

Spend some time with yourself, see where you are and where you want to be and all your actions and energy will be directed to take you there. It may sound philosophical but deep down in our hearts we all know that it’s true. Probably writing this blog is just one of the actions that will take me to my destination... J

“IF YOU THINK YOU CAN, WELL... YOU CAN.”