"EMU Diaries" - Day 13

Day 13– April 14, 2012

Got up in a relaxed mood, as today it would be a pick and drop facility for me by me friend…No more hurrying up, no more dressing up like an warrior with a helmet and guard…Well...Life could be a lot easier without regulations… In a relaxed state of mind forgot to set my watch’s time to actual and conveyed incorrect time to my friends who hit the throttle like anything and reached station…Sometimes confusion leads to humor rather than frustration…

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Pleasant weather, pick & drop facility all led to a relaxed state of mind when accompanied with vacant seats in the train. Where there was a chaos for space yesterday today the bogie was sans folks… Got seated beside an old aged man who was in his 60’s. Noticed a woman, reading divine verse before the train departed. With the support of the almighty no task is too big& there is nothing to fear… One of my tuition friend also started reading some verse praising the almighty’s name…Be it here or there, remember me and I will be with you everywhere… (Almighty’s promise)

Bhajan camp was also in its full swing and performing their daily rituals. People may come, people may go but his name stays on forever…The Eternal… One of my friends got in and immediately reached out to me seeking some clarifications of yesterday’s class. Remember folks…If you could ever be useful to anyone no matter for whatever reason it is, be there, who knows a small help of yours could be cherished forever… All this while, the old age guy was clinging on to his bag, as during old age all we can hold onto is our relationships and things closer to us…

With a void in the train and In my mind, I proceeded towards my class humming:-

"Govind bolo hari gopala bolo…radharaman hari gopala bolo…

Bolo ram ram ram…bolo shyam shyam shyam…

bolo ram ram ram…bolo shyam shyam shyam”

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Reached platform as always on time to witness a delayed train leaving by which if we had boarded would have saved us half an hour...But anyways we were too happy as tomorrow our class is off hence no hard feelings for train driver. A moment of happiness makes you forgot ages of sadness… Had spicy samosas and a cup of tea to celebrate tomorrow’s off. Happy souls are not subject to any events…

Train arrived and witnessed empty bogies…Sometimes emptiness itself are not empty as it encompasses silence… Had lunch quietly (yeah me a foodie)…

Nothing to analyze, nothing to criticize…,

Nothing to ponder, nothing to wonder...

With vacant seats and relaxed mind, train arrived at my place. Flashing my set of 32 proceeded to my home thinking of a relaxed morning tomorrow… A hope to wake up tomorrow smiling is something we all wish for…