My first trip to Goa (PART-1)

IT ALL BEGINS WITH
It was normal day like all other days in college.My group made a plan to go on a trip to Goa but i didn't paid much attention to them because these plans never materializes and always end earlier then Chris Gayle score a ton.
In evening i got a call from Anant ( friend ) asking me if i was ready to go with them. I agreed .
Next day it was four of us (Me, Anant, Anuj and Rahul ) who agreed upon a trip and we started preparations. We planned a 5 day stay in Goa.

Left to right: Rahul, Anant, Deepak and Anuj

Early Shock 
Just when we were about to book tickets, Rahul backed out due to family reasons and we were all clueless.I thought that this is it.

Sprited Souls
Even after Rahul back-out we stick to our plans and booked hotel and Train tickets.In next few days we collected every info on the best places to visit and things to do in Goa. We were all set to go .

When We Fall in Love With Our Best Friend

When you fall in love with your best friend,

It’s either…

You feel happy and loved. It’s like you’re too lucky to have that feeling. You love the person who means so special to you and has an exceptional place in your heart. You never feel that awkwardness whenever you tell your deepest secrets, and whenever you’re with that person because you know that the person in front of you is your best friend who will never let you down. And what if, your best friend loves you too? You’re the luckiest person in the world, of course! You’ll feel so loved by the person who you really love. Every action that your best friend does for you will always count as a special moment of your life. Still, there will be the friendship even you already love each other. There will be no secrets between the two of you because you already know each other’s stories. You’re too blessed to be so happy with your best friend.

Or you feel downhearted. When you fall in love with your best friend who, you know, never loves you, is kinda’ heart breaking. Loving your best friend is one of the most surreptitious feeling ever. You keep your feelings as a secret that your best friend shouldn’t know. Many possibilities are lurking inside your mind whenever your friend knows about it. You have these fears inside your heart. The friendship that you treasure all the time might turn you into strangers after knowing about what you feel. You’re afraid that your one and only best friend will leave you. You’re afraid that one day, the friend who used to be your shoulder to cry on, your motivator, and your inspiration, will walk away from you. That’s why, it’s better to keep your feelings be inside your heart than losing the friendship you have. It’s better to be secretly hurt by the fact that you will never be loved by your best friend, than, openly hurt because your friend will walk away from you, leaving all those memories behind.

Do Dreams Die ????

Do dreams die? … or are dreams and original ideas simply edited for content and clarity?

Each of us has experienced the glorious moment of having a thought of something-more — an idea and marvelous what-if. Said moment is brimming with energy  and motivation. Possibilities of support and resources are clearly in sight as the ever-expanding balloon of details and directives fills our {mind’s-eye} view.

Then … we take the first, the second and third proverbial steps in the direction of that idea {dream}. The way is a tad winding and the ever-present pull of the black hole of “Give Up!” radiates us with fear, what-if’s and if-only’s. The closer we move to it, the more it pulls us into its magnetic field.

But we press on.

We realize certain modifications are needed; we note and adjust. There is a season of reworking our plans for clarity, and then … then there is a time of regrouping. A time that feels like we are in slow-motion. The black hole of “Give Up!” has less of a pull on us but we still periodically lose sight of our goals. {Or unrelated occurrences may require our time and attention, necessitating a pause of the journey in the direction of our dream.}

The Meantime {…}

We can begin to lock in {hyper-focus} on faulty beliefs and doubts. We don’t completely give up but we come face-to-face with the reality that what we believe — reflected in our thoughts, words and actions — determines what we will ultimately do next.  It is here that we move much more tentatively {and thought-fully}.

From here, we choose to resume our course in one of two ways:

1. We move back in the original direction of our dreams and experience the success related to The Idea. Regardless of how winding and tentative those steps become. 
2. We move a bit {out of bounds} but we do find our way back to that glorious moment when we first had The Idea. Proceeding with the strength and insights gained by taking “the long way around.”

Whether we take the back way {with its potential to divert us completely} or directly walk out the remaining steps to Success … we still dance daily with doubts:

Can dreams die? Are my ideas more fantasy than reality?

Life doesn’t always go as we plan {hope and dream about}. But the root desire of our ideas and dreams never dies. Even when life doesn’t go as we plan — and we are {constantly} tempted to give up — the dream remains “alive” in our spirit.

Disappointment is a powerful force. It either makes us bitter — or better.

If we get bitter … our “relationship” with our ideas and dreams die an emotional/mental death. And we face the possibility of losing much more than an idea or dream … 

If we get better … We observe that sometimes the desire of our heart {spirit/our dreams} arrives in disguise.  It didn’t look like we expected, we don’t recognize it because the events surrounding it were different than we wanted. 

Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions. ~Frans Johansson

It is useful to allow some time between the {perceived} death of a dream and its burial. Because metamorphosis resembles death. But it is actually the stage of transformation we go through just before we fly …