Did you ever stand in front of the dragon with a shining blade in your hand? Were you ever terrorised with the fear of extinction of the human life? Was there ever a time when you took a magic wand in hand and decided to fight the battle for the cause larger than your life? I believe, none of us are fortunate enough to face such situations apart from some vicarious dreams perhaps. This doesn’t mean we never faced any fear, or were never confronted with any life altering situations or stayed out of battles. We fight some or the other battle everyday…it’s just, our battles aren’t glorious enough.
“It’s only when you face the death, you learn how to live” some famous person has said this in some famous context. This all might sound so abso-ridiculously morbidly philosophical. But isn’t it worth thinking? We all have our monsters hiding under the bed. But they are not green eyed or extra terrestrial or evil wizards. They are just fears…fear of failing, losing some one, losing something, loneliness, dejection, jealousy, greed…We fight with them in our own ways, without legendary rings giving us the armour of shadow, without a magic wand, without guarding angels or ultra advanced gadgets. We do win these battles many a times. But we are never scared enough to know the importance of courage, we never care enough to understand pain of letting go…we never live enough, die enough in the battles to understand importance of life. I think its unfortunate that we never find a cause worth dying for and never find a passion worth living for.
We all get up in the morning with the hope of changing the world. At least most of us do. That one twitt against major tragedy, one digital sign on public petition to change the system, an opinion posted on Facebook, raising voice against a wrong we see around.These are the acts which give us that flickering hope that we are a part of a bigger fight,fight that matters and counts. But at the end of the day we realise it’s not enough.Some of us take that bold step, venture out and find their larger battle. They set out to light bulbs in the darker areas, put a book in child’s hand, give a voice to untold stories through their pen or art, make their ideas tangible. Then these brave souls become our batons.But for most of us life still remains ordinary. The search for glory continues.
If we really want to live that greater life then it really is a matter of that first step,how much ever small, believing that it will lead to a bigger cause one day. There are so many battles and fights around us, glorious battles, which are not yet finished, most not even started...waiting for us to begin. It’s just the matter of a choice, deciding which battle we want to fight. We all want change, victory, better place to live in, better jobs, better system…but we are waiting…waiting for our Gandalf The White to come and guide us…waiting for our Dark Knight to rise...
