Long long ago (no! this isn't a fictitious story!!!), when I was in my sixth grade in Navy Children School, Visakhapatnam, there was an incident that I am never gonna forget. Instead I wanna share it with you all.
As with every good school, NCS also had a School Magazine. And that year it had been named "Footsteps". I remember it well, because it had one of my best articles ever. My class teacher Mrs. Krishna Kumari Mam gave us a few topics and asked each and every one to write a few lines on each of them and submit. One of these topics was
"If god grants you three wishes, what would you wish for."
Other than this I had written on three other topics and though all of them were published in the magazine, this has always been my favorite. Reason is: I actually started thinking philosophical from this article onward.
The article was very short and the boons I listed are as follows:
- All kinds of Magical Powers
- Eternal Life (Immortality)
- Eternal Bliss (Eternal Happiness)
Though I was still a kid, I am still amazed how well I had thought these out and penned them. The first boon was just to fulfill all my childish fantasies to the extreme without any kind of hindrance.
A few days before this, I had heard a religious discourse and had seriously discussed with my grandfather the immense topic of death. Thus, the fear of death was right under my childish whims and so, I had to pacify it. I was pretty cautious of my life those days and so the second boon was nothing less than Immortality or Death-less Eternal Life.
With both these "MAJOR" concerns satisfied, I hit a roadblock! You see, a person can and will need many things even though he had these powers. As they say, "There is no limit to Man's wants."
So, I was pondering about asking for more boons as my third boon, but then I stumbled upon the problem of the number of boons. How many should I ask?? 5, 50 or 100??? And would God actually play this game?? Surely, he would ask me to shut up and get lost.
That's when the thought of "eternal happiness" struck me. Even as a child I understood that with great powers came great responsibilities. Courtesy of Shakthiman, Spiderman and Superman, etc. And at that time I hated responsibilities. Honestly, I still do.
So, I pondered over the words "eternal happiness". And here's how my thoughts went. Kindly understand that my childish imagination did play a lot.
"If I got magical powers, I would become superhuman. And thanks to Yin-Yang and so many Balance theories, the existence of superheroes would need super villains too. But if I was fighting them all the time or even if I lose to any of them, I sure wouldn't be happy. But if I had eternal happiness on me, then I would nullify both and always win over the villains who came just once or twice in a while. That's covered.
If I had immortality and my life was screwed, what use was immortality except to prolong the pain. If I am alone all the time as I was now, its no use. If success eluded me everywhere then also I would hate it. So eternal happiness covered these too.
Thus, if there was anything negative in my life, however small, I would lose the happiness and may hate my eternal life and magical powers. So, with the third boon, I gained a host of positives that would make my life beautiful without actually angering God by asking 100s ans 1000s of boons.
Ah, the genius of the whole thing!!!!!
But alas, God didn't come nor did he allow me any of these boons. Arey yaar, koi special prize bhi nahi mila. Eternal happiness tho duur ki baat, next day unit test ke results agaye tho temporary happiness ka bhi waat lag gayi.
But now, thinking of that article makes me smile and laugh. Even if God gives this bumper offer now, I can't think of anything else I may need that could actually give any extra benefits. Though, I could help anyone and everyone around me with these boons and make life better, yet, I could even become a dictator who becomes the worst negative of everyone's life. The consequences would be completely unimaginable and purely hypothetical. But hopefully, for the good of everyone.
Well, what am I blabbering about??? All that was then and in my mind now. So stop imagining and get back to work!!
All I can wish for now is
A Good Day to You!!!
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