Why are swings only for children ?

I never belonged to the herd and I never will. There were always questions that needed answers and there always will be.

Every morning as I sat on the swing in the park near my house with my best friend enjoying myself immensely I knew that nothing could curb my spirit. The park looked surreal early in the morning and so attracted many patrons. There were a sizeable amount of old people mostly sitting on benches after their daily rounds, eyes boring down on us, almost listless at not being able to get up and sit on that swing, just that one time more.

But who had stopped them from doing what we did every morning? Be Happy. Wasn’t happy the natural state of the being. So lost are we that we require courage to follow our own heart, listen to ourselves, to that I within that wants to live and just be happy living.

We forget our belief in self. Don’t want to explore that which seems unknown yet is known. Life was never meant to be easy then why run at every instance for the easy options? Difficult is indeed simple. The tougher it is the more clearer is the vision.

Through his grace life was born. Free will and time were his gifts to life. Will to make choices that define us. Time that helps us to master each stroke. Life if lived in its true spirit renders itself to an adventure, a quest for never ending growth and knowledge. Brilliant in its beauty, enthralling in its knowing and precious in its being.

Are we then wasting this life given to us trying to play it safe? As someone wisely said “The timid know neither victory nor defeat.”

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