Your life is a beautiful gift, unique to yourself, that is
why you will have to fake it to the world. Because the world expects you to be
like somebody, somebody normal. The people in life compare yourself with someone else. No, I
don't mean u r being compared to Kalams and Narayanamurthys, u are being
compared to Mahesh and Suresh next door. With all due respect to Mahesh and
Suresh, u might want to ask what is the whole point, but come on let's be practical, when u are running a rat race u don't expect yourself to be compared
with Lions.
I have very rarely heard of a teacher, who comes to your
desk, points at your answer paper and says "wow, that is a brilliant way
of looking at the problem, it's ok that u have got a few concepts wrong but
your approach gives a new dimension. Let's work on that after school hours,
keep it going", I have more heard them saying "what have u written,
it is totally not in sync with what is given in the text book, I am not
surprised you failed". With big aims and aspirations and with less people
who have the time to understand, U FAKE.
U FAKE school life hoping that people grow with age. U start
working, the new place promises to be a little better, but yes, it's just a
matter of time. Appraisal, money and promotions fakes you. I completely
understand, you have to give it in to the fact that when result is not
produced, the whole purpose of why someone hired u is gone. So u lend your
ear to all the meeting room gyans, where
people say "look at that team, look at this chart, look at him, when we
were like u... (where ur heart would plead to say "like me?? go take a
walk, I am unique")" u align to the what they say, instead of
"how can I stick to my way of doing things and produce their
results". Sadly your definition of growing up doesn't match theirs.
U FAKE, with the hope that personal life is going to rock. U
fall for someone, propose, they accept or reject, either way u r FAKED. If accepted, U are
expected to change ur shirt, the way u talk, the things u do, be like your
'someone's' friend's someone and after doing all that u hear "u are no
more the same". U cross this barrier, go talk to your 'someone's' parents
to asking for your someone's hand and they compare u with their aunt's in-law's
cousin's someone. By this time u r totally faked. If rejected, that is an
entirely different story.
U FAKE every phase with the hope that once u have cross that
phase, the world will welcome you with open arms, hug u, kiss u and embarrass
you, but all it does is FAKE YOU, right royally.
U FAKE yourself all the way to impress lot of people,
important people, and end up being disappointed with yourself, FAKED UP.
Change is good, correction is good, improving is good, but if the world calls faking as changing, improving and correcting. FAKE YOU man, my life is a beautiful gift, unique, I define my life.
