Not all those who wander are lost’ – JRR Tolkien

On the contrary, I think, only those who wander really find something. Well, imagine a life with no ups and down, no risk, no tragedies, and no exhilarations. What a dull life it would be. Imagine if one never rebelled, never left the path decoded by society, never expressed one’s own will and never questioned existing norms. How boring that person would be?

Oh, don’t think I am encouraging everyone to declare their independence from all norms and live a bohemian life. What I am suggesting is to open our minds and accept new challenges, expect new possibilities and to accept different perspectives.

One does not have to wander physically. It is our mind we have to send on a journey of exploring new horizons and adapting to them. Remember Captain Kirk’s,”Scotty beam us up’? If Gene Rodenbury had not let his mind wander with such imagination, we would not have thought of a cell phone.

Why just fiction? If men had not imagined things as they should be instead of as they were, world would not have progressed so much. If Newton had not thought about why the apple fell on the ground only, surely we would not have understood the gravitational force. The United States of America was discovered because someone wandered. Mount Everest was climbed because someone wandered. The supersonic planes of today were made possible because someone imagined.

But, we humans close our mind most of the time to new possibilities because we don’t want to take risk. We shun other people because they have may be different skin colour or different language. We choose the safe and lock ourselves into our cocoons of prejudices because they are our comfort zones. They protect us from taking a risk. But is that an existence?

For starters, why don’t you make a new friend today or at the very least, strike a conversation with a complete stranger? You will enjoy. Let your mind wander

So be it!!!