Chasing Joy

I like all things philosophical. So I knew that I was going to like this movie even before I actually saw it. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty . Never have I imagined Afghanistan, Greenland and Iceland in a single movie. It was a feast in the eye. More than the visual effects though, I am drawn to the movie because I see myself in it. And when you see yourself in something, that something becomes meaningful to you. I’m a day-dreamer, too. I think I have a few episodes of zoning out but not the kind that Walter Mitty does. I would day-dream about another kind of life. I dream of me being a different person...living somewhere, being somewhere, doing something else. (Now, that's a confession.) I'm glad I saw this film. It's a great way to be inspired at the beginning of the year. I am never more alive than when I am in another place. A new place. A foreign land… And this movie reminds me of that. I wanna see the world. Really see it. My life starts right here. Right now. ...

The great Oprah said we don't always become what we want to and most of the times, we don't get what we want. But don't lose heart, because everything will be all right. Yes, everything will be all right. I t's a new year, a new start. Same old dreams (with a bit of new ones, too). On the first day of 2014, and bringing with me the lessons of the past year, with a renewed sense of hope and energy, I find myself eager to see the world (world as a relative term :-) ) again.  Really see it. The way I used to. Like a wanderer's fearless motivation...an explorer's curious imagination... Or simply, just like my old self- finding some beautiful place and getting lost. I have grown up (and old) to know that there's no other way. Here we go, 2014 !