Zindagi ek race jaise lagti hai.
School mein first aana, college mein top karna, job jaldi milna, package bada hona…
Aur agar kahin slow ho gaye, toh lagta hai hum haar gaye.
Rohit bhi aisa hi tha.
Har cheez time se pehle chahiye thi.
Par zindagi uske saath thoda slow chal rahi thi.
Job reject hui.
Dost aage nikal gaye.
Shaadi ke taane shuru ho gaye.
Ek din thak kar woh shaam ko chai peene baitha.
Samne ek buddha uncle the, bade shaant.
Rohit ne pooch hi liya,
"Uncle, life mein sab kuch late ho jaye toh kya matlab reh jata hai?"
Uncle muskuraaye aur bole,
"Beta, late hona failure nahi hota.
Galat jagah pe time se pahunch jana zyada khatarnak hota hai."
Rohit chup ho gaya.
Uncle ne aage kaha,
"Ped bhi dekho.
Kuch ped 2 saal mein phal dete hain,
kuch 10 saal lete hain.
Par jo der se phal deta hai,
woh zyada meetha hota hai."
Us din Rohit ne samjha—
Zindagi mein rukna waste nahi hota,
kabhi-kabhi woh tayyari hoti hai.
Tab se usne compare karna chhod diya.
Apni speed pe chalna shuru kiya.
Aur funny baat yeh thi—
Jab usne bhaagna chhoda,
tab life uske saath chalne lagi.
Moral:
Late ho jaana buri baat nahi,
par khud pe bharosa chhod dena sabse badi haar hai.