Yes, You can fly !

There are these phrases that get us thinking.

I consider those best that get us till the very nature of human existence.

This one stayed with me for a while.

"Yes, you can fly!"

To fly, to the human, has probably been the deepest desire. To be able to fly as effortlessly as the eagle, surveying his habitat from a height, enjoying the cool weather up there and watching all of serene nature from a distance pleasing and comfortable to the eye.

To fly, is to the human, the ultimate challenge. Man has, for centuries watched with awe the flying objects, the kite, the paper airplane, the Frisbee, the boomerang, the birds…, for it is his constant complaint to his Maker for being partial towards those that are blessed with flight.

To be able to fly, is to the human, an idea of freedom… freedom from the shackles of his boring slow speed life, and the liberating entry into a world full of speed and charm, a free world where there are no physical boundaries, the dimensions of life are innumerable, the vision is that of a vast expanse, and free from the limitations of distance.

So this one, to me, was very refreshing, and reassuring that I am actually free. "Yes, you can fly!"

But the phrase went on. "Yes, you can fly! But the birds would lose their charm."

The statement was the ultimate betrayal. My dream was disparaged. Why should the birds lose their charm? If I fly ?

It took me a while to understand. Don't we often find that the things that we most crave for, when we get them, aren't as good as we expected? Don't we often land with dirty surprises with situations that we didn't visualize in our dreams?

The question is… Is it always about the other bank of the river looking green? In fact, it often is.

The many things that we yearned for… the bike, the car, the job, the destination… do we actually enjoy them for a fair length of time? Or do we get used to them pretty quickly?

May be… we need to be content with what we have, for there are troubles with all walks, and no path is free of hassles.