Riding in the Pack & Destination :
I was riding the bike after a long time. As a result I would love to ride it fast & always be ahead of the pack at every signal. What I found peculiar was that - I would start off at the middle of a pack of vehicles at a signal. Slowly I would work my way to the head of the pack. Then I would leave the Pack I was in far behind but would end up joining the pack in front right at the end. In order to be at the head of the pack - I would weave my way right to the front - and again I would find myself at the very end of the another pack of vehicles. It was then that I realised that that I was so caught up in my heading the pack that I was not evening enjoying the ride - instead it was becoming a very tiring and trying ride. For there was no end to my heading one pack......& then when I leave the pack I was heading.....I would realise that I was the fag end of another pack.....hence instead of getting into 'rat race' i should enjoy the ride and the path to my destination / goal !!!
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The "rat race" , as cliched as it may sound, and it is, equating the same with heading a pack, showing them a direction, and keeping them on track, might not be putting it in the correct perspective. While I say this, I donot deny the fact at all, that all of us, at some point of time, would want to be focussed on our personal goal (which is your destination in this case). But would our society not be a wee bit better if , while reaching our respective goals, we could also take onus on reaching their collectively and showing directions to the ones to might need them. There is a lot more explanation which could go into what I am trying to say here, but I trust your sensitivities for keeping things simple and comprehensive.
There are numerous ways of looking at this - when i'm on the way...i'm trying my own routes to my destination....if i am there with somebody else....it will be a collective movement/shift to an alternative path....so one ends up leading the pack
But when the destinatio (goals) are different....one cannot direct the traffic....but should the others want an alternative only then can one show the way
when ppl reach their respective destinations....they collectively make the society (e medical student by becoming a doctor, a social worker by working for the under priviledged, another student by becomin an engineer, someone becomes a poet, and entertainer, gardner, etc.)....the sum of the parts is far larger than the individual parts....and collective picture forms the society....and thats how one gives back by being constructine in their own limited ways
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