
As I was climbing the hill, I was getting very very tired. We were not even 25% into the trek and I was almost down from total exhaustion. Murali looked at me from a distance and after sometime he came to me and said - "it is just about the current step...". I was making up so many stories about the path ahead and how steep it was that I was making my current step difficult. An integration of current steps would become my trekking experience - which would have appeared hell. Anyways, after Murali told me - "it is about the current step"; I began to enjoy the current step. I got present to an old saying - "Life is NOW!". I started getting present to the sounds around - sound of the air, sound of birds chirping nearby, sound of frogs, sound of my heart beating, sound of the next step.... Every once in a while, I stopped when I got tired. Enjoyed the break. Took a look at the peak and the path ahead just to make sure that I am heading in the right direction - but then I would get back to enjoying the current step. one step after another, I did reach the peak of the hill. The journey and the destination was highly enjoyable!
Many times in our life we get so stressed - perhaps because of the stories we make up about the "perceived" future. After a while the place where we are in life seems hellish and so would the journey. Life is about the current step. Take a glance at the required destination once in a while, but dont forget to enjoy and 'be' in the current step.
;) Awesome pic!
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