Terrific Traffic!

Who doesn't like a free road? A smooth drive? To be able to reach your destination on time without hurdles and stoppages in between. 

But today, it was one of those days when reaching office turned out to be a herculean task. Yes, you guessed it right – Thanks to the traffic!

This encounter with the wave of cars and non-functional traffic lights left me cranky and brought my spirits down.

However, while I started penning this post to describe my terrific traffic episode, it struck me how traffic as a concept is such an integral part of our day-to-day lives. Traffic on the road, traffic towards reaching our goals, traffic in keeping our self motivated – it is practically everywhere. Like we may confront red lights and jams as we drive towards our target; we also have to face our own set of hurdles and challenges which try to knock us down in our quest to fulfill our ambitions.

Then I tried to reflect - would cribbing about the red lights, jams have helped me even one bit? The only thing that actually helped me was driving on. Driving on whenever the lights were green, whenever I could find a space to move forward, the continuous pacing on till i reached my office.

Infact, as an idea to escape this festivity type congregation of people on the roads I decided to leave much earlier from tomorrow. Early enough so that most people would not have yet started for their day and this way I could escape the crowd.

Doesn't this also hold true for our dreams. Start early, if possible before everyone else. Try to escape traffic and even if you feel that you've suddenly hit an impasse just be patient and wait for that opportunity which can catapult you towards your aim.

As the US President, Barack Obama rightly said, 

" If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."

The essence is to Keep Marching On.... 

                                                                ....Till you reach where you want to!