If life was a vacation …

Let us say you are planning for a vacation, a holiday trip to a place you always wanted to go. The purpose of your vacation is to relax, be happy and explore new things. Vacations are not entirely pleasant, there are always inconveniences that travel would bring, and there would be unexpected compromises during your stay. But the good thing is, you have decided to stay happy and enjoy the moment no matter what.

 

Before leaving home, you will pack only necessary things to keep the baggage light and surely not all the things you have at home that add to comfort get into your bag.

 

And while on the way if you realize that you forgot to bring some necessary thing (like a cell phone charger), you won’t mind borrowing it from your fellow traveler. And for that sake, you won’t return to your home wasting time. You are focused on journey ahead and not to cut-it-short or take U-turns unnecessarily.

 

After reaching the destination, you begin to explore new things. And there will be many first-time experiences. Not only the places you had not seen before, cuisines you had not tasted become familiar to you, also you want to go on fun rides too. And you won’t forget to smile at co-tourists and make new friends. Meanwhile, you did not care how much you earned, how famous you became or how much control you could exercise on others. Anyway, they were not the purpose of a holiday trip. Rather focus was on spending time with your family and their happiness (and your own too).

 

By the time vacation comes to an end, you would have exchanged money and time for finer experiences life could offer. You think time is well spent. You also think you should go on vacation again for the happiness it brings and the experiences it provides with.

 

Now let us see life in a different perspective. If life was a vacation, you would have resolved to stay happy, no matter what. You would have reduced your luggage and remained flexible. You will leave things behind and not worry about them. You will be open to newer experiences of life and make your journey a memorable one.

 

I won’t say other aspects of life like career, making money, fame (and what not) are not important. But none of them would keep you happy like when you were on a vacation (though you would be spending hard earned money). I want to earn only that much money which lets me live like I am on a vacation and pursue newer experiences. I want to avoid making my baggage heavy. You are my co-tourists. I smile at you. And those of you who smiled back, hurray, we are good friends!

A photo from trip to Melukote (2016)