The Journey...

Today I had been to a graduation ceremony. This isn't the first one I attended, but infact the last one I would be watching from the audiences. I'm just one step away from my graduation. And also some of my dear friends who are graduating this time make it more special.

The day started beautifully. I loved the weather, just as I wished for them. Neither sunny nor rainy, as pleasant as a Hyderabadi winter morning. A li'l of mist was blocking chills and giving the town a canopy of mystic romance. It was tough to imagine their anticipation, just before graduation. I arrived at the Colosseum just in time and grabbed a chair beside my friend. It was the first ceremony she was attending. I was setting the camera lenses and talking to her about the ceremony and the extent of its boredom. There were songs, speeches, speeches and songs and graduation. And finally the Class of '08 arrived. For once I thought I will listen to Mr. President speaking. One of his lines addressing them was really captivating, "...sweep the streets as well as Shakespeare writes poetry!". He was re-quoting Martin Luther King's famous phrases. He meant that people are not only born just to become famous leaders and renowned celebrities, but also to become great friends, great parents and good children. I loved the way he was addressing the commoner. I looked at the graduating class. I could see there were fewer graduate students compared to last time. Most of them deferred their graduation due to the economic crisis and the job freeze. I could see that most of them reflected a mixed feeling in their expression, holding satisfaction, apprehension, happiness, fear and so on. The crisis like a dementor, was affecting their minds, sucking their happiness. There was no zeal to break the freeze. I noticed that this was the calmest ceremonies, in those 4 I attended. I wondered for a moment, about myself, would I be really satisfied when I graduate? If I do, may be I would've nothing else to look forward to, then. I define success as satisfaction. Being successful is being satisfied with one's self completely. It seldom happens, if we are true to self, and this is important. If we notice even the most well-off of the people are not satisfied, they work for their betterment, always. The journey to success gets impossibly challenging now. And I like it. And someone said "The impossible is often, the untried!" :)