On 1st January 2016, I and my friends were supposed to meet at Connaught Place. Every year to meet and greet each one with new year greetings. Also, we wanted to know the resolution taken by each of us. The scheduled time of the meeting was 6.00 pm and I reached a bit early by 5.30 pm.
Jolly-go-moment spent by the kids in the park, the fun and frolic that they had in life away from all hustle and bustle, made me recall my childhood days. The way I used to play for hours before my exams, without paying any heed to the valuable words of my parents, had floated in my mind. The words of caution from my mother, which I think I can never forget - do not spend too much of time just for fun and to dedicate precious time for revision and remembering the subject matter.
I certainly thank her from the bottom of my heart, for the way she made me curve my career path through good education. While my memory was floating in the beautiful days of my yesteryears, I was made to come back with a loud cry of a child.
There was a balloon man who was selling colorful balloons. This child wanted to have not one but many balloons of the different color, whereas his father insisted him to pick maximum two of them.
Seeing his desire to have many balloons without knowing the limitation levied upon him by his father, made me ponder on the actions of our life. We wish to have the number of things, as our desires are limitless. But we can not fulfill all our desires due to the limited resources. When our mind is duly aware of this fact, do we start thinking and desiring things as per our requirement?
I certainly doubt. Every individual knows his/her limitations but always thought to have more than what he/she can afford. Is it good to think beyond your capacity?
Some may agree and will say that this leads to innovation. We are pretty familiar with the saying, ' necessity is the mother of invention'.
Some may come up with the opinion that, due to high demands for limited resources, it creates the problem. This is generally noticed in our day to day life. The scarcity of resources leads to dissatisfaction, unemployment, crime and in the worst situation, it can also result in massive destruction.
But when I think from the perspective of the balloon man, he will be happy if the father allows his child to pick as many as he can. The curious eyes of the balloon man show his anxiety in his conversation too. He wanted to earn more. He started to convince the child to listen to his father, at the same time, he requested the gentleman to buy couple more by telling him about the quality, life of the kind of balloons he was selling. How this will cheer up his son, and on the new year, he should, at least, fulfill the petty demand of his son.
Before the man could think further and could say anything, he asked the child to pick four colorful balloons. The child got convinced and pleaded his father to allow him to buy at least four balloons. His father initially insisted him to buy two but seeing the smile on his child's face, he had to change his statement.
We all try to stretch and work beyond our limitations when things get connected to the relationship, moreover to happiness.
