I am the Present!

I am the Present. They tell me I am a gift because I bestow people life. My brother, Past, acquainted me with this world; he enlightened me about the history of our ancestors, their miseries, inhibitions and the immunity granted by the Lord. And my other brother, Future, explained to me that it is not all set in stone; everything depends on the choices people make. So, I stepped into the world believing I understand it all but boy, was I wrong! There is so much to witness, to discover, to learn, to experience, and to endeavor; I am the Present and this is my realm.

I gazed around and observed everything but it got me more baffled. So, I decided to question around; I inquired about one thing and got inquisitive about the other; they answered one query and I thought of a thousand more. Soon I realized that not everything has a definite answer – some things you need to feel, to believe, to sense. Although I met all kinds of people –good and bad, devils and angels, white and black, I could never find out the why they were what they were. Why is there so much hatred? Why are they so similar yet different? How can God create so much happiness and then deprive people of it? What triggers their action; how is their fate decided; how they are differentiated against? I know not if I will ever get answer but I wonder…

Like many, I dream a dream, hopeful of a better tomorrow. Past is gone, Future is yet to come which leaves just me, Present. Regardless to the bad, oblivious to the worse, I will make the choices and dictate the future because I am the liaison between the mistakes of the past and prospect of tomorrow. I am the Present and this is my interim era.