27/08/2019
It was 6th day of my trip, while riding back on my bike from Ghangaria to Rishikesh I took this picture.
In the last 5 days I trekked almost 16km in rain to reach the Valley of Flowers. There was no provision to stay in the valley but still without a single thought on whether my action would be right or wrong, I spent that night in valley illegally in my ⛺ tent. There was no network connection. So I got splendid opertunity to spend a quality time with pure nature, without any disturbances from the external world.
While returning back, my body was completely soaked in the rain but my brain was sinking into the sweetest memories of the valley which I left almost 260km behind of me. Time was flying and each corner of my brain was getting occupied with a mixture of thoughts. The thoughts of the moments I spent alone in the valley and the bliss I felt there which filled my soul with tremendous positive vibes. And also at the same time, the thoughts of going back to the material world and getting stuck again within the money minded population of the society, were bothering me a lot.
I was sinking into the feeling of the regrets of going back to the world where people believe in the 20's invention of "career, package and money" and judge other people by measuring the money they make and the luxuries they maintain. I don't belong to this rat race of getting recognised as being successful. I am happy with the nature, where I actually belong.
While fighting with these thoughts, I stopped my bike for few minutes near the bank of the river Ganga and watched the sunset of that evening. I could feel the fresh air kissing my face which poured my drained soul again with some positive vibes and boosted me up with new energy for the rest of my journey.
At that moment, the setting Sun made me realise not to bother about the hardships in life rather to embrace the present moment and get ready to welcome a better tomorrow. Because with a beautiful end comes a beautiful beginning just like a beautiful sunset brings a beautiful sunrise with new dreams, new hopes, new aspirations and a new chapter of learning, loving and living the best way possible.
