8 Ball Quick Fire Pool - Its a game of pool with a time limit in which a set of 14 balls are to be potted. Extra time is added on every pot. Game is over when the time is over. I tried my hand on this game today. Its quite an addictive game. Not suitable for those who want to play during office hours. Trying this game few more times, I reached the score of 2600. The time was ticking backwards and only 18 seconds were remaining. I knew the rules. Time khatam, game khatam. I started hitting the ball as fast as I can. Was it the right way to play? The answer was no. You would say aim every ball and then hit it. But where was the time? If all the balls were potted, a new cycle of 14 balls would start and that also meant that remaining time would be subject to the number of balls potted considering 9 secs per ball.There was no certainty and out of 9, only 2 went into the hole. 5 secs were remaining and a thought crossed my mind, what was the objective of the game? Was it to pot all the balls or was it to add to the time that was ticking?
My mind paused for a second when I paused the game. It was thinking the lines that were quite out of my mind for some time. What is my goal in life? Why am doing the things that I am doing? What is the reason that I want certain things to happen? Why can't I do certain things when I know I can? Why am I unable to let someone know how much I love and care about them? There were so many Whys and Is in my thoughts. Feelings were quite mixed up. Thoughts were from every situation of my life that I had faced till date.
Suddenly, I received a SMS from my uncle.
It read: "Life is like a race between Cat & Rat. Rat mostly wins, bcoz Cat runs 4 food & Rat runs for life. Remember, "Purpose is more important than need.""
And then everything started to make sense. What was the purpose of my life? I had never asked this question to myself. I am working for an industry which I never knew existed. I am at a designation which I thought only someone else can reach. I always thought of friends with whom I can share my bit. Instead I have people around me who understand everything without me telling them anything. I thought my parents would never change their opinion of me being a good for nothing. Instead, they are proud with what I have achieved. I could never study what I wanted, instead was educated on the things that are helping me now.
Through all these thoughts I felt, I just need to stick to the things I have. I can create N number of needs which I may or may not be able to fulfill. But I need to understand a purpose behind creating that need. And yes, I've started understanding that one can just thrive to plan for things and work towards its execution, however should also be ready for an alternate outcome. I've lived by that principle and it is treating me good with lot of surprises, amazement and sometimes flashy experiences. But all in a good sense, I've found a purpose of life and that is to laugh over what has gone by, a slight speculation about future, and to live in the moment as and when it comes. It gets easier.
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