Of narrow and broad horizons...

Ambition and Success are two different games all together. Success and Happiness are two different games as well. That is what they say. Depresses me. For a not so gutsy individual who cannot think out of the box, there is a dilemma. Because no matter how conventionally ambitious and successful he is , there is no guarantee of happiness. Last week , while taking a walk down old Manali, i came across these bunch of firangs chanting the meant-to-make-you-feel-spiritual-songs , all stoned and very content. For a moment it was so romantic to picture oneself as a hippie. Doped, careless, oblivious and beyond the mundane. And then I suddenly realised that i needed to get into a restaurant because i was hungry and couldn't stand the heat. I had to withdraw money from the ATM to buy that cute Tibetan key chain. I had to call up home. And the hippie fantasy went into smoke - Romance is so short lived!
Michael Jackson died today. He joins the Elvis's and Brando's and the Monroes of the world in convincing us that often with glory, comes pain and loneliness. I have to join a high profile and well paying job in London next month. And as they say ,there shall be the coveted 'broadening my horizon of thinking'. Makes me wonder if there is a need at all to broaden one's horizon. Every level of every horizon should bring with its own set of miseries , confusions and hard decisions. And as we deal with each level the picture will only get more blurred.