A Sweet-Sour Trip

“Live the moment for the moment,” Michael Jordon. I am not so fond of starting write ups with quotes but this one explains what I wish to convey here.

I like things planned and it freaks me out when a plan doesn’t work. And this is exactly why life keeps freaking me out every now and then. From the time I have started trekking I have had this part of me challenged.

I do not trek with a proper trekkers group that makes profits as well. We are all individuals who love to trek and plan stuff for this love and create memories. However, it isn’t so easy when put to practice and there are failures of plans and other issues we face.

This trek was one such experience. Up until we started the travel I wasn’t sure if this would happen. But it did, and oh so marvellously! The plan started when 10+ people on board and ended with only four people actually doing it.

Rajgadh is one of the forts that brags about how had Shivaji lived here the longest. And when you see how huge the structure is, it is so believable. I have been to a few forts and this is one where I saw the maximum remains of the structure. I couldn’t help but keep imagining about the life lived here.

The moment I can’t forget and it still boils me within is when I saw these group of idiots feeding some monkeys. I don’t believe in ghosts but if I become one, the person who started feeding the monkeys in first place and made it all cool will suffer. They are wild animals not meant to be fed by humans! It became worse when a lady there forced a dog to shoo them away.

Why are we humans so selfish? We feed the monkeys for our own joy. We use the dog then to shoo them away, why? Live and let live isn’t all so hard, is it? I cringe about this moment as I write it now. And if you are reading this, kindly go and google how to behave with the wild and not treat them as your own property!

We were heading down to our vehicle when an old lady selling buttermilk caught our attention. One of us wished to have and so we did. Just few steps down there was an old lady selling lemon juice and oh boy, nimbu paani is pure joy to me. I walked ahead, couldn’t resist and walked back again. We all had it and it was so peaceful.

Just before reaching our vehicle we saw someone sell sugarcane juice, one of us wished to drink it and so we all did. This is what I so truly believe is living the moment, for the moment. We didn’t think of the reaction that these three things might cause in our stomach or any random thoughts as such and just did what made us happy. I wish to live a life as such, where I find joy in each moment!

From the plan to execution, to the moments lived in this trip, it was entirely a sweet-sour experience. I liked how it made me realize that life isn’t about planning but living what’s executed.