Its been really long since I could find some time to pen down my thoughts....I cant blame anyone for this apart from myself for not being able to balance life while juggling between work and self indulgence....Its Children's Day today and the very thought of it early in the day made me go back few years down memory lane and remember what I had and what I now crave for-no nothing materialistic but more of being child like in the present state of life.
I chanced upon viewing some photographs of one of my friend when she posted them on facebook. The pictures were of her visit to Shimla along with her mom and dad. The moment I saw the pictures and was going through each of them I couldn't control my thoughts....In a spur of moment I had a flow of emotions.I went back to the days when I as a child used to wait for my vacations to start so that we could explore new places together as a family. The caption that my friend gave to her photo album made me realize how much fun it is till date to have quality time spend with your mom and dad. We may have advanced a lot in life, may find solace in a friend rather than at home but still am happy that we have been able to keep the burning desire to spend time with our family alive.
The first picture in the album was that of the train chugging along the turning landscapes upon the hilly terrain...The mesmerizing sight along with your family members shows the quantum of happiness that we can derive upon executing the family vacation together after fighting our daily battles for existence. I have been longing for such a vacation for long and the pictures gave me a new inspiration to plan one with my family.
Also the child like innocence that such trip brings out of ourselves is quite amazing. The different pose that we give to capture them on the camera is an embodiment of such supreme pleasure derived out of simple and uncomplicated things in life....My friend to who's trip the blog is inspired would agree when I refer to her picture where I commented "brand ambassador of Shimla"......The simple joys of exploring new places, getting up early in the morning to capture the dew on the flowers, the sipping of hot tea, the road side shopping, the memorabilia's from such trips for near and dear ones, the happiness of seeing your parents turn child like is just amazing and priceless....As they say you can buy a trip but you can never buy the smile on the faces of your mom and dad and I think they deserve such breaks more often for they have slogged and given us more than we deserve....
There's always a child inside everyone and such occasions brings out the child uninterrupted, unconscious of worldly worries and lets the person just be what he/she is.....So this piece of my thoughts in the from of words is a tribute to my friends "Trip to Shimla".....Have many such trips in the future......
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