Getting down the Hamster Wheel

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 Did you ever say to anyone that you can't make time , you are always busy and you don't seem to be having time for anything new. Do you remember that Treadmill you bought years ago. Do you still have that video game you fell in love with and never got around to play. Do you remember the book you bought which is dealing with cobwebs right now as you forgot to take it out and read. We all have been down one of those lanes haven't we  ? Well,welcome to Hamster Wheel of Life.

Have you ever seen a Hamster on the Wheel ? It runs and runs as if it has the most important work in the world and the focus with which runs makes you wonder ,if that is true. But as it mindfully and dutifully  does it , where is it leading to. No Where.  That is the exact same feeling I had.
I was on a Hamster wheel of Job. I used to run around doing the same things everyday and assuming that is the most important thing to do. I struggled to make best use of every minute I had. I was running so fast on the wheel so that all the 24 hours are used effectively. I need to keep going. I need to attend all the meetings. I want to be perfect. I have to get the job done.

But then one day I stopped the wheel and got down. I being the Hamster, thought, oh the world should stop as I stopped being there. I took one step back ,Suddenly all those important things in life don't seem to be important at all. All those people I thought were important and who I spent most of my life with  - They didn't care. Everyone was busy.  Nothing changed , the world just kept moving on. I kept staring at that Wheel wondering if I should get back on it.  I realized I am on the balcony. I am not on the dance floor anymore. I saw other Hamster getting on to the wheel and doing the exact same thing. I made my choice then. I resigned from being that Hamster. A choice I know deep down was the toughest ever I made. A choice I always had but was too scared to take. A choice to dream again. To be what I can . A choice to make my own destiny or to make a mess of it. I am on the balcony and I am reflecting. I know it is the hardest decision ever. Now I will just have to do the easiest. Follow my heart. Do what I want. Trust my instincts .I will have lots of choices to make and I have hell lot to catch up on and a lot more to do.
This is the beginning. Is it easier said than done ?   So much to say ,so much to do and much more to accomplish but do we have time for that. When the first thing on a morning you do is check your schedule or check your messages then the answer is No. The reason well its pretty obvious, you are setting you mind to tune into the routine, the obvious. Life is designed to be led by the choices you make. You make your destiny. You are always faced with a choice for any activity you do. Its what do decide to do with it that changes the course of your life. I have made a choice. To get down the Hamster wheel of routine. I feel the anxiety. I am scared but for once I don't have a schedule. I get to make a schedule. I get to make a plan. I get to decide on the go. It feels like I got some power. The power I never knew existed. I feel like I can do whatever I want. It's infectious. This is far more demanding than I thought it would be. 

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