Thought provoking Bed Bugs...

Staying in an old flat can be a menace at times. I am a hostelite and though I love the place I stay in, very often we have a rendezvous with our not so invited guests, the Bed Bugs. Apparently, as it seems, I am their favourite host & while my roomies, happily sail into their dreams,I am woken up every other night, to a meeting by my guests.

A couple of days ago, I again woke up, thanks to my guests. I could not get my sleep back, even after cleaning up my bedding and a juice. I decided to enjoy the beautiful breeze at the terrace. It was a long time, since I spent some time gazing at the stars. As I sat there, gazing dreamily at the stars, and slowly sipping a yummy cup of Filter coffee, i sighed. Lot of events had happened in the week before. I had always been a rebel, never wanting to grow up. Or rather, never wanting to take up responsibilities. I always felt I was not ready for them. I always tried to convince my conscious that I would take it up at the right time. But I never had a definition to this right time.

But the recent turn of events had forced me to think on the lines of being able to do and wanting to do. How strange, sometimes, there is a vast difference between what we want and what we do. We may not dislike what we do but at the same time, we may not want it to happen at that instant. Maybe that's the war between the heart and intellect.

I sat there alone quietly letting my thoughts race. And I realised, I had to let go of my childhood. Every one is a kid at heart. Not taking responsibilities and running away from them, will not make me a kid, but will only show how immature I am. At every stage of our life, we are flooded with some duties and responsibilities. Turning our back to them, will not solve the problem. But what is important is taking it up as a challenge and doing it. Today or tomorrow I have to face the realities of life, then why not today?? Why wait until tomorrow, when there is going to be no different tomorrow.

The whistle of the watchman, broke my thought chain. Time to sleep. As I went back to sleep, I smiled and said a silent Thanks to those cute little "buggers"....They helped me realise truth!!