The little miss and her imagination take flight long before the plane does.
She plants her legs on the airplane window, eyes wide with wonder.
“Papa, my legs are touching the sky!” she shrieks, her joy lighting up the cabin—or at least our corner of it.
I smile. Because, really, why not?
We spend lifetimes chasing the sky, claiming its vastness for ourselves. But if you ever do, remember this young dreamer who got there first—feet up, heart soaring.
Boxes come in all shapes and sizes. Some travel far, some stay close. They sit shoulder to shoulder, waiting to be sorted at the train station—silent carriers of unknown stories.
A former Indian Prime Minister once wrote a poem titled “Envelope” that went something like this:
“The letter inside is yours
The address on the cover is his
Between the two of you
I get ripped open.”
What’s inside us is far more precious than any address on the outside.
To grow, to evolve, we must let go of old versions of ourselves. We must rip open, just like those envelopes—so that what’s within can reach new places.
The address keeps changing. The journey never stops.
So, go ahead—break open the box. Let the new you emerge.
(at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand)
There’s something about heights—they fascinate. And more importantly, they teach.
From up in the sky, the mighty river becomes a thin thread, the towering cliffs look like half-eaten cookies, and giant houses shrink into tiny squares.
And suddenly, you see it—boundaries don’t exist. The map is not the territory. The sky doesn’t end, the Earth doesn’t begin—they just merge.
Maybe that’s the perspective we need in life and work. To see everything as part of a larger oneness. To see ourselvesas deeply connected.
When you see the world like that, everything becomes easier—kindness, love, compassion, brotherhood, affection.
So take to the skies. If not in body, at least in mind.
Close your eyes.
Fly.
When you stick your neck out, your neck will show.
When it does show, it has a good chance of it being a poor spectacle or holding a spectacular result.
But isn’t the very act of sticking your neck out, sectacular? Add a dose of courage, empathy and sprinkle it with some grace
You will bring smiles all around. Promise.
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