OLD IS GOLD

        DOES THE WORD “OLD” IN A MAN’S LIFE ALWAYS REFER TO THE OLD, FEEBLE & WEAK DAYS AT EIGHTIES? RATHER I MUST SAY ‘NO’ BECAUSE OLD REFERS TO THE PAST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE WHICH WITH YOUR GROWING UP BECOME “OLD”.

         OFTEN DURING MY PENSIVE OR VACANT MOODS I NURTURE THESE OLD DAYS OF MY LIFE WHICH WERE REALLY GOLDEN DAYS OF MY LIFE. NOW WITHIN THIS HECTIC SCHEDULE OF THE WHOLE DAY I REALISE THAT CHILDREN ARE THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THIS WORLD. SO SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER RENOWNED WRITERS HAVE OFTEN REFERRED A CHILD AS THE BLOSSOMING FLOWER OF THE SOCIETY. THOUGH MANY PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THAT DURING CHILDHOOD, THERE ARE THE MAXIMIM PRESSURE OF EXAMS AND STUDIES. BUT I MUST OPPOSE TO THIS MISCONCEPTION WHICH RISES MAINLY DUE TO THE CUT-THROAT COMPETITION IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD. BUT WHEN YOU SEE A CHILD WITH A BAG FULL OF BOOKS AND STILL A BIG SMILE ON HIS/HER FACE YOU WILL REALISE THAT HOW HAPPY THEY ARE! ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVN’T UNDERSTOOD YET THE REAL STORY OF LIFE. I STILL REMEMBER MY CHILDHOOD DAYS WHEN I FIRST WENT TO SCHOOL. THOUGH I CRIED BITTERLY YET THAT DAY WAS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. SPENDING THE WHOLE DAYS WITH LOTS OF FRIENDS IS REALLY EXCITING- JUST WALK A FEW DISTANCE THROUGH YOUR MEMORY LANES YOU WILL TOO ADMIT ME. PROPER GUIDANCE AND NOURISHMENTS OF PARENTS AND NO ONE CAN HELP THEM IN BECOMING A MAN IN LIFE. JUST THINK THE PARENTS WHO ARE THE ANGELS OF A CHILD’S FANTASY WORLD, THEY MAKE THEM GROW UP TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY FULL OF HUSTLE AND BUSTLE WHERE NO ONE IS FRIEND EVERYBODY ARE FOES- ITS REALLY SO STRANGE! ONCE THE PERSON WHO WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND DURING YOUR GOLDEN DAYS HAVE BECOME YOUR FOE WHEN STEPPED IN THIS COMPETITIVE WORLD.

             ONE DAY IN THE OFFICIAL WORLD YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU ARE WASTING ALL YOUR SWEAT TO BEAT YOUR BEST FRIEND. AFTER THAT IF YOU WIN THEN YOU WILL CELEBRATE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES. THEN ON YOUR WAY BACK HOME IN AN ISOLATED PLACE YOU STOPPED YOUR CAR TO FIND YOUR GOLDEN FRIEND WHO WAS A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE YOUR BIGGEST COMPETITIOR WAS STANDING. YOU GET DOWN FROM YOUR CAR AND HE/SHE COMES AND GIVE YOU A BIG, LOVING HUG AND CONGRATULATES YOUR WIN. THEN YOU WILL REALISE MY WORDS. 

               I KNOW THAT TO MANY CORPORATE HIGHER OFFICIALS IT MIGHT APPEAR AS A FEW FANTASY WORDS BUT NO THESE ARE NOT. IN WHOLE YOUR LIFE ONE DAY IS SURELY GOING TO COME WHEN YOU WILL REALISE THIS.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, IT’S MY HUMBLE REQUEST, ENJOY THE DAYS THAT COME BECAUSE THEY WILL BE LOST A FEW YEARS AHEAD: BCOZ OLD IS GOLD.