REALITY.... THE BITTER SIDE OF LIFE... OR IS IT JUST A CASE OF A...... "DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE"??

Was glued to the television set... watching Dale Steyn make a batsman dance to his tunes... when the commentator    came up with "Its time to FACE the MUSIC". "FACE the MUSIC" suddenly struck a kind of emotional chord in my mind.... emotional because just the phrase raked up dust from a plethora of incidents when it had been mentioned in my life... and recalling my past... I can reassure myself that all the happenings were unpleasant. Searching bewildered for a plausible excuse... I came to a sort of weird conclusion which might make sense at the end of this blog.... that the phrase FACING the MUSIC was kind of synonymous to FACING the REALITY in my life. But the point that struck a note was... Is facing reality a bad encounter after all ?

A woman gets brutally raped by a Minister. She could have killed herself as a way of escaping the "reality" and facing the society glaring at her. But she ain't bogged down. She files a FIR 3 years hence which not surprisingly goes unheard considering the involvement of a "minister" as if the word acted as an immunity to wrong-doers. In the next encounter with the minister, she stabs him to death. Screw the laws ( as if the judiciary system was quick and transparent enough to be of some help to her in her needless situation) , what the woman did was an act of bravery... bravery - not the part where she used a knife ( every thug in the world knows that) bravery in the part where she faced the reality that she had lost face and needed to fight to earn her dignity back.

It is tough indeed to see things as they are rather than perceive it the way we want it to be. People find it real hard to take rejections in life. Be it an interview or a guy on his knees praying for his life that his lady love says "YES !! " . The outcome obviously is THE only impact that either makes his life all good and lovey-dovey or makes him question his very incentive of living . A "NO" is never taken easily. Its like the whole sky coming crashing down upon him. I've on a personal level seen people take the easy and despicable route of "self - destruction", clearly show-casing their inablity to face the "reality". Yes, it IS difficult to take up "NO" for an answer, but that, instead of closing doors, opens new ones. A lost interview could mean a better job in offering somewhere with a better pay-cheque !! A turned down proposal could mean your partner is still out there waiting for you to get down on your knees again!! A rejection is never the rejection of your capabilities. The ones who realize this soon enough are the ones who've mastered the art of facing "reality" and recovered from their disappointments to make a come-back, and IN STYLE !!!

Reality is meant to taste like sour grapes I guess. The ones who dare to taste it are the ones who are able to enjoy the sweet fruits better which they are bound to come across later on in life. Reality is the "real -deal" in the true sense of it !!! But nothing to be feared, but to be faced with a sturdy heart-beat, with an anxious mind for the sense of realization, with a "DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE" to life.

With this, I jolted back to reality as well... Dale Steyn with an unplayable delivery to the debutant Pujara who is eventually adjudged leg before wicket by the umpire... What does he do? He didn't throw his bat around expressing any sort of disgust.... he simply shrugs his shoulder and walks back.... he knew he would come back... its just his first test..... he had FACED his REALITY.