Thursday 28 July 2011

Beginnings: the short of it


What is it about the first step that scares many of us so much? Is it the first step itself or the responsibility of starting something new? I know for a fact that a lot of us procrastinate just so that we can achieve that delusion of a “perfect beginning”. I had been working towards starting this blog for some time now, but doubts and fears like “What if I don’t post regularly? What if I get writer’s block? What if I get booed off the blog world or worse what if my blogs are so bad that I’m not even allowed to access internet ever again?”  Have been hovering over me like a fly over a chocolate cake. But, for better or for worse I’ve finally started, as I realized it’s time to give up on a few things: fear being one of them. This blog will deal with the reflections and observations of darpan, who’s he? That’s a question; I’m not ready to answer yet! rather I’m afraid that we’ll have to discover it as we move along. I know it doesn’t look much right now but as time marches on and new reflections appear on darpan, this blog will serve as a promenade of an ocean reflecting the sky over its calm surface while tsunamis build inside.

 "The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one age, called the Third Age by some, an age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist, The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning." - From the 'Wheel of Time'