Life in the twenty first century is indeed funny. You live your entire life around concepts and theories that fail to understand you rather than you understanding them. You live around impotent minds, trying to convince them that Machu Picchu is a name of a place that actually exists, even though Microsoft Word doesn’t seem to agree with the name. You end up preaching things that you fail to practice. And you practice things that you dont get a chance to preach. Your life seems similar to one of those latest softwares created by some weird language expert – wanted by many but mastered by none. When opportunity comes knocking your door, you are busy formulating strategies that could make you the next millionaire bachelor. And then when you actually wake up and smell the coffee, somebody else has made good use of that lost opportunity. You want to insult a few people for hurting you badly, as you hurt yourselves when they insult you. You want to pack your bags and see the world, but the world sees you pack your bags and go to the same old workstation. You want to live life on your own terms as somewhere some rock star has taught you to live life for yourself. But you end up living for others as rock stars are never responsible nor do they know any damn thing about reality. You end up feeling jealous for Ian Wright ( traveller featured in the Lonely Planet series) as he explores something new every day, while you do it switching channels with the help of your thumb.
You want things that you dont have and you have things that you dont want. You criticize others for doing things wrongly but end up supporting the wrong causes yourself. You want to do something about the environment but you face your unashamed self buying that fancy car which you always dreamt about. You know that a lie is deemed to be the truth if it constantly keeps repeating itself and yet you teach your kids that a lie can never match up to the truth. You advice