The Beat of Passion

      "Kal stage hoga, lights hongi, audience hogi, music hoga aur music ke har beat pe zindagi hogi”, these were the lines said by Rob (Luke Kenny) in the movie “Rock On!!” when on his death bed. Just imagine, a person on his death bed, advised to take complete rest is planning for a rock show the next day. Why?? Because he wants to live life to the fullest, for one last time.

      Living life doesn’t just mean breathing, getting up in the morning, going to work/college, having lunch/dinner, watching TV and then going off to sleep at night. Living life means to live your dreams, to live your passion, to do what you always wanted to do, to do what makes you happy, to do what takes you to sleep late at night and what makes you wake up early in the morning.

      But there are only few, among us, who live such a life. Because this life is not a gift….it’s earned. Some are a bit lucky and earn it with less effort whereas few have to dig it out and work out of their skin to live this life. But most of us don’t do this because we are not that gutsy and think too pragmatically in such cases. More often than not we are unsure about a career in sport/literature/dramatics/photography/music…..we tend to think how long will we have to struggle…..whether life would be stable financially or not…..we come under the influence of society/elders/relatives who play a special role from distancing us from living our dreams. In the process we become part of the society who lives life like a machine and are always concerned with the annual earning, savings, children’s education, family health, insurance, etc. At the end of the day, they are tired/stressed/depressed with several day to day issues and go off to sleep just to wake up and get to back to work the next day.

      On the contrary, the person who’s living his passion may be earning less but is still happy because he’s earning from what he always wanted to earn. Salary is just a part of his life, not his priority. He is living his dream and that’s what providing him joy. Farhan (Madhvan) in 3 Idiots said to his dad “Papa, main 4 paise kam kamaunga…..mere ghar chota hoga….gaadi choti hogi….par Papa main khush rahunga. Aapke liye jo bhi karunga dil se karunga.”

      Sachin Tendulkar once said “I am lucky that I have been able to make my passion my profession.”  Just try and make your passion your profession because only then one can feel the true Beat of Passion.

…. @ Debashish