Parting Words

This is a verse which one of my friends quoted while quitting his job :
I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn’t fail.
The same four walls and busy work were really more like jail.
I longed so much to do the things I’d never done before,
But stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.

I said it didn’t matter that I wasn’t doing much.
I said I didn’t care for things like commission checks and such.
I claimed to be so busy with the things inside the zone,
But deep inside I longed for something special of my own.

I couldn’t let my life go by just watching others win.
I held my breath; I stepped outside and let the change begin.
I took a step and with new strength I’d never felt before
I kissed my comfort zone goodbye and closed and locked the door.

If you’re in a comfort zone, afraid to venture out,
Remember that all winners were at one time filled with doubt.
A step or two and words of praise can make your dreams come true.
Reach for your future with a smile; success is there for you!!

Fear

What are you scared of??

Fear…just one word to describe an emotion that breaks even the strongest of people. Fear…the weakness of the bravest of all…what is your fear?...obvious answer ‘In what context?’ , because there are many. But the feeling is still the same. I can’t describe it; as much as I try I can’t find the words to describe fear. And I feel it a lot…

There is the fear of a particular creature. I’m afraid of Cockroaches. The brown smooth back, big moustache creatures that pop out from anywhere and everywhere and come in various sizes, big enough to whack your face when they fly and small enough to creep into your ear while you sleep. I’m not afraid of lizards or bees or rats or heck, even chickens or pink elephants [;)]. Other people are afraid of them. Somehow, we’re all afraid.

Fear of a situation. I am afraid of heights. Not very much, that I start screaming or become breathless or feel faint. But I feel a slight dizziness. I am not afraid of the dark, I am not afraid of closed spaces or of speed. Other people are afraid of them. Somehow, we’re all afraid.

Then there is life itself...we're all afraid of living!!...we wont take risks cause we're afraid of the results...we won't go against custom cause we're afraid of what people might say...we're afraid of being crazy cause people will , well, call us 'crazy'...we wont tell someone we love them cause we're afraid of rejection..we wont protest against our corrupt political parties because we're afraid of what they can do to us...and the list goes on and on and on......

Face your fear they say...At the end of it all is just one single emotion...fear..how it rules our life!!...Im not saying don't be afraid because there are very few fearless ones...im not saying im not afraid...because I am. Noone can eradicate fear...its a dominant feeling...But how about I dont let it rule my life? How about I face my fear...I can do that. I can love,I can protest,I can be crazy.

The only thing I cant do is be in the same room as a cockroach.Oh well, you cant face all your fears!!

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

By Robert Frost