AN AMAZING HOLIDAY SPOT






Pic.: Nishtha Narryani

Two days ago, I was talking to one of my friends. He started reminding me that I had to go on a holiday. “My friend, you need a break, you need a change… You need to go ‘out’ on a vacation… anywhere. You come back fresh…”

My friend kept reminding me so much, that I not only began to feel guilty, I, also, began to get irritated with him.

Well, my friend had meant good for me; he had good intention. But, I felt, he was pushing his idea of a ‘vacation’ and ‘change’ too much on me…

Yes, who doesn’t long for a ‘break’? Who doesn’t long for a ‘vacation’? And, who doesn’t long to ‘come back fresh’?

Presently, so many people I know are out on a vacation – most of them are at exotic places around the world. I see the pictures they have been positing – luxury hotels and cruise-liners, kingly meals and costumes… Their wives shop till they drop… and their kids are having fun of their life. Yes, it makes me envy them at times…

But, a thought does come to me: Would I go on a vacation like that even if I had loads of money in my hand? Is that my idea of being on a vacation… seeking a change… coming back fresh?

No, it is not.


I do need to take my breaks… go on a vacation with people I love… seek change and come back fresh. Yes, I fully believe in it. “Renewal’, ‘Rejuvenating’ or ‘Sharpening the saw’ as they say… I would become stagnated and blunt if I don’t take a break and relax… Yes, I know it.

But, there is a place inside all of us… an amazing holiday spot. I wonder how many of us have recognized this truth. In my case, in the midst of my frantic schedule, I try to retire to this spot and relax… be by myself, alone, centered.

Am I being selfish?

The point I want to make is this: If I am able to take a break like this, seek a change like this… come back fresh like this, probably, a vacation with my family to Bali or Switzerland might be of any sense and value…

Else, sorry my friend… “Wherever you go, you will carry yourself!”


GERALD D’CUNHA



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