Stirred from slumber.. Bitten by the ferocity of the wind of the night.. He awakes..blaming it on the wind.. The weight of responsibility has always proven to be his proverbial alarm clock.. though he denies it perpetually. But the sight of an open window has always been his most dependable healer. Up above flashes of brilliance fill the sky, almost resembling an epic battle in the skies amidst raging torrential rain. Strangely..the sky looks a gentle pink..or brown.. belying the rage behind the clouds.. what lies beyond the clouds he wonders.. a raging battle to tear the world asunder? Lost in his thoughts.. he greedily takes a giant whiff of the air.. ahh.. the smell of rain cooled air.. so fresh and minty.. The wind has always been his faithful companion.. And he is grateful that he can always talk to the wind in times.. like this. Sadly he knows that his place..at least for now..is not up there in the clouds..A long day ahead..time to go back to bed.. He closes the windows..even as drops of rain try to enter.. trickling down the panes.. looking in.. but it's just too bad.. the windows are closed.

The depth of human thought can never truly be deciphered by mere psychological theories drawn up by men with overgrown beards and with a less-than-healthy obsession with the human psyche. We are influenced by everything that happens around us, especially by things we went through in the earlier chapters of our lives. Some people live their lives like a textbook with extreme precision, neatness, well calculated and drawn up conclusions with a well-arranged appendix to look through good and bad times in the annals in our mind. Others live their lives like a novel, with themselves being the protagonist and the world centred around them. The more fortunate ones may live their lives as though they were magazines or comics.. full of colour and vibrance and wonderful pictures. Whatever lives we lead.. we should certainly maintain our personal values in a world that seems increasingly ravaged by the surfeit of temporal releases. I went through a website earlier called www.a-book-of-life.org which emphasized three points which I found useful in future decisions/actions. Do not do things for the approval of others, or self-importance. All of us are important. Do things to help others because it is needed. Do not do things for just the material gain, but for our journey in life.

Indeed, all this may sound like run-of-the-mill cliches and certainly, if I had truly cared about the approval of others, I would not publish this at all.. But I have learnt something new today.. something others may have learnt decades ago.. I am after all a slow learner.. But I'm willing to share what little I know to hopefully prick dormant minds into activity..and from there try and grow further. I have taken this half-step.. and I hope others will too.