Dream, regardless!

It was a mental health hospital. 

Distributed bananas in the female ward, nothing much. Their faces spoke their stories in one glance. Someone's laughing, someone's grieving, someone's trying to steal others' bananas, someone's lying on the floor, yelling, someone's so normal-looking that you wouldn't ever realise that they are mentally unwell, someone's coming up to you saying that they are building their business, someone's expressing immense gratitude in Gujarati over a simple gesture of giving bananas, someone's staring at you trying to give you a full smile but can't. 

All of this made me realise how we take life for granted, time and again!

My highlight was the 50-year old lady who said she was building a website and knew RHA (Robin Hood Army) already. This conversation was so real yet painful. She could have been an entrepreneur, you know. Alas! The condition. The dream of hers, stayed with her despite the condition.

Life's short. Life's beautiful. It's only our ego and selfish desires that bring all the misery.

Yes, I believe in fate and that everyone's got their own struggles! But if you've got a sane mind, use it well, consciously, responsibly, be fearless to take risks and fulfill your dreams :) 


-A grateful heart, who also feels a little guilty of having someone in misery remind me of how grateful I should be.

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