Carpe-diem

It dates back to centuries, “I wish I could also wear an archer ring and drink wine in Bohemian glass.” “I wish I could fight with valor having carved swords in my hands.” “I wish I could drape myself in the finest silk and could walk on Persian carpets.” I guess such thoughts would have crossed the minds of all the folks who didn't belong to the generation of royal kings; to be as rich as kings were their wildest dreams.

Today as a person of 21^st century, I cherish to see the rare relics of the period when such folks craved to be born as kings in their next generation. The jade artifacts, the Persian swords (Abbasi), flintlock guns and blunderbusses, collections of rich trinkets, statues dated back from 2^nd -3^rd century to 19^th century and much more. I could see the finest collections which once belonged to the royal families but now lay silently behind the closed shelves of the museum.

There was a time in the history when to fight with weapons embedded with diamond, hunting daggers or small pistols was supposed to be powerful and proud owner of these weapons used to flaunt about their strength. Did anyone would have imagined during that period, that in future, strongest weapon might be a nuclear bomb? Leave that, would they have ever imagined in their wildest of dreams that a nuclear bomb could be the most dreadful weapon?

The thought of what we aspire for our future, the imagination which we weave in our minds might not be the only best dimension which would exist in the future. So best idea is to utilize the present and be aware of near future instead of future (year’s way ahead of our time- line).

The thread which stretches the past to future is ironical. The costliest diamond which I want to own right now may not be the best diamond in future. Instead a new metal would get invented which would be people’s desire to own it.

Let me state an example of present century, I want to own a range rover as soon as possible and I would like to drive it every day. That’s my dream. And there is one person who works as a driver for some super rich businessman and drives his range rover every day. So basically, a driver is living my dream, and on the other hand, he dreams to be like me. He wants to work in big organization, earn pretty good income, live in good society and live a safe life.

My present is his dream to fulfill in future and his present is my desire to live in future. It’s just the equilibrium of the situations is not same.

In the history to be born as king was best dream to achieve, lately to be an innovator who invents something good and serve the society is the trend of the society, but there could be a situation that in near future, to be able to survive fighting the catastrophic situation would be the ultimate reality.

So walk into the present peacefully, walk towards your own passion, live your each second and live with motto- Carpe-diem.

Someday, you will also belong to a period which will exist in the history. And future is something which nobody has seen. Only thing which we have is- PRESENT

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