We
all like to have discipline in our lives as we keep getting older and wiser as
they say... But this etiquette called discipline always keeps running
away...
Its
so hard to catch up with it... In the morning when u rise it rises with you,
even at an unearthly early hour.
As
discipline for me, as a runner, is to wake up in the wee hours early morning
and get out to run... To keep the body heated up so that the sinus is in
check...
The
moment I stop running the nose starts to run wild.
So
early morning is when the discipline seems to be right there shining up and
early with me, but the lazy mind decides to order the hand to shut the alarm
and shut the eyes .... And the discipline again goes into my dreams... Where I
keep running but so does the Sinuses.
This
constant fight just never ends.
Come
late morning and Discipline is ready again to give me a second chance to do
some exercises since running around is then not possible... And it does all
preparations to keep me in shape.
But
the Mind, I tell you, is a dirty distraction... It tells me to read the papers
and solve the "Sudoku a day
challenge"; and once again dearest Discipline goes hiding under the
aggressive mind.
But
Discipline, my humble honest friend does not give up.. It once again starts to
haunt thy mind and asks it to climb the railway station stairs as I
catch a local train to office,, and then again under the conscious eyes of thy
Discipline, I happily climb 3 floors to reach my office.
Successfully
achieving this, Discipline gives a bright smile and the Sinuses get back to
hiding in its small corner.
Sinuses
are also smart beings... They wait patiently for the Air Conditioning to seep
in the body... Breathe in... Breathe out and slowly and steadily it builds on..
And then the nose starts to feel very sad and gives in to a big sob and starts
to run like water....
So
then goes the day fighting with frequent
visits to the loo to clear the running noses or use the handkerchief to blow
the glory out... And as evening approaches... The body tells thy mind to allow
some sleep in the train.... If lucky to get a seat, and the Masjid Harbour line
train obliges with a window seat... Arey waaah says the mind and reminds the
hand to complete the morning Sudoku with a 5 star difficulty level.
As it
knows very well that the eyes will give in to this difficulty level and allow
the mind and the Sinuses to rest.... Beautiful it is the little games that my
mind and body play!!!
Aaaahhhhh...
That feels good says the body as the local train glides into Andheri station
and obliges with another brisk walk and climb up the stairs back to the comfort
of thy home...
Lovely
the day was says my mind to the Wifey.... Not knowing that discipline has still
not won as the yummy food is waiting to be attacked on....
Now
comes in the tummy growling like a baby... But hey Discipline says eat with
measure and not like it's Gold and Treasure.... But as you know how it goes..
The tummy keeps asking for the Treasure till it hears the clinks and the burps
of the treasure reaching the bottom of the pit... There goes the Discipline
again in the dumps and under the carpet....
Now
comes the time to cuddle up on the high... With a hug from the wife and the
treasure giving hi fi... Goes the mind in deep slumber to await the forest
Lumber... As the Mind goes running once again up in the mountains and then on
the roads.