Partner
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One fine evening, I and partner were walking along marine drive.
"So did you see the way India beat Pakistan yesterday?" Partner asked me.
"Yup, we did it. We won." I replied.
"Hmm" he coldly responded.
"When India wins,
we win. When India loses,
they lose," he said gazing at the sky half-lost in his thoughts,"When you win, people want the share. When you lose, you are alone. All alone."
By Default
"What is default?" Partner asked on one fine evening over a sip of coffee.
"As in computer lingo?"I asked.
"yup..yup..yup," he said swirling smoke of his cigarrette in the air.
"Default is .."
"Default is dumb," he suddenly broke me in between banging his feast on the table,"when you don't know what to do, you chose default. Agree?"
"Sort of"
"We live our life pretty much that way - by default. Probably, if we move our ass a tad and look around, we might end up living much better life.
"hmmm .."
"Do you want to explore and try custom setup or do you feel secure with whatever comes by default?"
Are you miserable?
Partner: Define misery.
me : What?
Partner: Define, what is misery? What makes a man miserable?
me : A feeling of being deprived of something you want is misery.
Partner: Okay. Define want.
me : What?
Partner: Define what do you mean by want.
me : want is want. I want a cup of tea, that is my want.
Partner: Do you mean want is need? always?
me : pretty much. Almost always.
Partner: Wrong.
me : then?
Partner: Want is not need. Want is what my neighbor have, but I don't.
Partner: Want is what I could have had, but I don't.
Partner: Want is what i should have had, but I don't.