GOD a term which can not really be defined in words, it's a place,thing,person in which we see something extra-ordinary and cant figure out how that happens,works and we start giving it extra level of attention. Take example of statues, we all know that it is made up of stone or any other metal but still we neglect that truth and try to view that thing with that extra dimension, taking the importance to a different level. Same with the men whom we worship, we hide the truth in mind that those are also made up of flesh and blood and start forming sphere of influence among those personalities which we dont want to break-through and we strengthen that sphere with adding more analogies to it. But what if we do it reverse ...peel that sphere off...remove those analogies and swallow that truth deep inside our heart. Why cant we just accept the truth? The truth that Sachin is a man....
Yes he is just a man....but with some seen and lots of unseen efforts to his credit. I dont think it's the success or failure that defines a human's life it is the efforts for survival that matters. Do you really think that a man can fight for so many years for just one thing...i think we as fans have misunderstood him. It is we the fans who are really devaluing his lifelong efforts by giving them the destination of a trophy made of gold. Though it might have added a feather of honour to his cap but his efforts are more worthy than that. We as worshipers have formed a sphere of influence around his efforts with our false analogies that he stayed on field for that trophy made of gold. Is it the truth? Truth is his will to play..his lust to better himself..his hunger to live those priceless moments on field. I am sure if you ask him whether he wants to stop now...he will surely say no...because there is really no destination to life...there are just sojourns...some peaceful shadows that he wanted to enjoy...for which he traveled those paths...those dreams he kept in his mind to reach at those sojourns..his dreams so real ..so powerful that whole world wished for him to complete his dream...did he ever ask us to pray for him?did he ever ask us to dream the same? Did he show us what he dreamed of? then how come we got to know it? But he did one thing..he survived ...he lasted those tough moments ...he went on to tell his mind that "wait there is still life" ...his mind ..his only mate...whom he listened...sometimes went wrong..sometimes correct but no matter what he listened to his mind...the biggest leap of faith that a man takes in his life is to listen to his mind...you know why? because then there is no one to blame....it's the bond of toughest strength that a man can bind in his life...stronger than bonds of blood. He dreamed of those moments so lively that we as his co-travellers started believing his dreams... sometimes we started thinking that this man will stop at this point because his dream seems too far from reach...sometimes we thought that this man has reached his dream...but no...he is a master..he has a mastered the art of dreaming and fulfilling it. He will dream till he sleeps. That is what a human being is entitled to...to dream...to try to reach that dream..thats why for me Sachin is true HUMAN BEING.
He once said that Mahatma Gandhi is timeless inspirator for him..he must have learnt a thing from him...to dream...Gandhi dreamed of independence...independence for himself...one thing he did for his whole life was that he did it for his own..his own mind...he dreamed of independent India for himself..we as people are just beneficiaries of his dreams..just followers who never understood his dreams. Same is the case with Sachin ...we never understood his dreams...we the BLIND supporters who could not see his dream...and we let him down at every incident when we compare others with him...we make others compete with him when Sachin himself never competed with anyone...we appreciate him and criticize others which he has never done...greatness of this man lies in the fact that when billions around him are comparing him with others he has never done that..he has just listened to his mind...his greatness lies in his dreaming abilities..he dreams so real that we also feel it is real...that's what Gandhi did and now Sachin as his true follower is doing.It is such a league of dreamers who will always inspire us...and to describe these greats Gulzar has written two beautiful lines...
जागे है देर तक हमें कुछ देर सोने दो, थोड़ी सी रात और है सुबह तो होने दो
आधे अधूरे ख्वाब जो पूरे न हो सके , एक बार फिर से नींद में वो ख्वाब बोने दो
