The Wish List

Dear One,

'If you had all the money in the world, what would you be doing with your life?'

I know it's a highly speculative question, but it has a much deeper implication attached to it. Certain questions have the power to unlock the truest of answers from you. Answers, that can verily change your life for better. Answers, that can open your mind to better questions. Answers, that can be a revelation to help you to see  through. What is the use of a question, if it doesn't elicit a genuine answer?

This is one such question. Think honestly and make a list of 10 things you would love to do, unmindful of any financial constraints. Write it down, and start working on it right away to fulfill as many as you can in the remaining lifetime. Don't bother about the money bit. Remember, if the purpose is strong enough, money will pour just enough.

My master list of 10 things that I would love to do, if I am crappy rich :

1. Go backpacking with a close friend in careless abandon to all the remote places on Earth.

2. To gain a private audience with The Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Paulo Coelho and Dr. Michio Kaku,  to name a few, and understand their enigmatic minds through their casual words.

3. Own a majestic green 500 CC "G2" Royal Enfield Bullet Classic, and discover the vagabond biker within. (viz. Che Guevera style & by the way, this time, no close friends included***)

4. Take my parents (sis, you are included too) on an All India Tour (and a World Tour, if time permits:) to all the places their eyes could feast on.

5. Write at least one book that shall be ground breaking and life transforming to many a hapless souls.

6. Get lost in the ruins of Macchu Picchu or the Angkor Wat and rediscover my life and faith afresh. (At times, to find yourself, you need to get lost first) 

7. Own the most powerful telescope and a microscope; and watch the biggest and the smallest creations of God in child like wonder.

8. Learn to play at least one exotic musical instrument to perfection. 

9. To feed at least a million starving souls with food for their stomachs and wisdom for their souls.

10. Finally, to throw away all the money to the winds and live without a penny; with just contentment as my garb.

The wish list will go on, but keep your top 10 things alive by dreaming about it night and day, to make it possible some blessed day.

Peace in oneself - Peace in the world.