Ruminating in Neutral Gear

My young friend, Sudhir, posted his delight at having completed 100,000 kms in his car in 5 years 5 months 15 days 22;  most of those spent visiting delightful places  in the South of India,  beaches, mountains,  wild life sanctuaries , and some , in the course of earning his livelihood.  

There seems to be a reason, why despite 6 digits allowing the meter counting upto, 9,99,000 kilometres,  the thing initializes to 1, at completion of 100,000 kilometers.


As he idles on a full tank :-)  , I  just wondered what it could be......


(photo by Sudhir Bharadwaj)

The Key of Life.

Switch it on
and watch.

Some,
slow and tentative,
watchful,
but treading carefully,
navigate through obstacles,
and
reach a good pace,
with reams of experience to fall back on.

Some,
quick of the mark,
dazzle in their
gradient of learning,
and reach somewhere high,
leaving everyone behind,
till there is none
left  to  wish and applaud.......

And some,
their minds
stretched like accelerators,
a occasional cautionary pull back
by the middle class clutch,
go higher and higher
on the metre,
revving up in the mind,
so many thoughts a minute,
always aware,
that
life is never a  race.

The drive is the best
when you know when to use the brake.....

Life Crossings.....

Blogger friend Dhiren aka Hitchwriter was recently the official blogger for the MTB Himachal Cycle race, a difficult trip through the mountains and hills of Himachal Pradesh. Despite being part of a priviledged group that travelled in a four wheeler, observing stuff, there came a time when they had to traverse certain areas on foot, and climb through jungles at night, after finding the bridge below, in pitch darkness.

As he says,

"...this was by far the most eventful two days during the trip... a trek from Tandlu the last motorable point at 11.30 pm on a moonless night trying to cross a river and climb a mountain to reach Janglik at 1.30 am !!!! The trek was shit scaring however no one mentioned anything till we reached. Once we reached we realised that even in 2-3 Degree temperature we were sweating like hogs !!!!!

A super super adventure trek... too bad it was too dark to click pics ! but then something are just in the heart !"

See the other pictures here . 


Naturally, some old lady thinks there is a lesson to be learned......

(photograph by Dhiren)

 

Many crossings in life
(across
difficulties and problems
in full flow
and spate),
are made,
simply,

thanks to 

the age old
carefully prepared
and structured
piles of
"PuNya"***  support
of your ancestors,
regardless
of the
shaky dark paths
ahead of you.......

*** PuNya : Good Karma of your ancestors benefiting you....