Chains

Friends are everywhere—childhood, school, college, workplace, colleagues, relatives….

Sometimes they are nowhere—specially in the depths of night, when the dark , menacing clouds close in on you, and only lone stars flicker and are immediately covered by clouds driven by an impatient wind.

And they are also in chains—bound by their own lives and responsibilities, sometimes willing but unable to come in your hour of  need, or talk to you when you need it most.

And yet you need your friends because they and only they can give a dispassionate opinion or tell you that you are not positioning yourself correctly.

And of course, we are all in chains, visible and invisible, commitments and responsibilities, external and internal, prisoner of our own fears and ambitions.

So the key word is positioning. Where do you think you should be? And where you are….Here is the ultimate call—brutally honest and factual. After all, why do we lie to ourselves ? And why do we live in dichotomy—one face to the world and one in the inner mirror—because salvation if there is anything like it , means the ultimate coming together of those two faces blending into one.

It means breaking the chains—and it can be done sometimes slowly, sometimes with a dramatic heave…

And then you can fly and fly…..