a charmed life

im a very romantic kind of a person..Imaginative but impractical..
i live in my fantasies and my imagination is my escape.
at an earlier age..i used to think that everybody was like me.. that everybody used to visualise pink flowers and a rosy future.. that everybody lives in their dreams and hopes
with age came wisdom and the disturbing knowledge that i might be one of a kind.. and the shocking realisation that having an imagination is not a desired quality. indeed it is considered as being too flighty or 'away with the fairies'.
i have agreed to disagree.

there is too much pain in this world.. more pain than there is joy.. and it shocks me at times..hits me with a deep force. .
i am surrounded by practical people.. people who live by the book.
and sometimes i have the urge to take them by the collar , give them a vigorous shake and tell them to let go..
it is not wrong to live in your fantasies ..in fact its downright fantastic.
most of the time we are obsessed by situations in our life which aren't quite right .. there is always something going wrong ..and we're all tied up in knots over it.
what i say is ..
why not try and be overwhelmed by the things that dont' go wrong in our lives.

one of the best methods of dealing with pain or rejection or hurt is escapism .
escape into your imagination - create your own parallel universe.
i do it all the time .. and frankly it keeps me sane ( or as close to it as possible anyway)

here are some of my all time favourite fantasies to my most persistent problems. if you are plagued by similar problems, do not hesitate to indulge in my fantasies.

unlucky in love? the only guys you seem to attract are the ones who look like frankenstein's-not-so-distant relatives? while the rest of the male population insists on referring to you as the sister they never had?
hmmm.. one day you will be sitting at a cafe sipping coffee when a cute guy suddenly spills his coffee all over you(excess of coffee?) . he's distraught. you're angry. he offers to pay . u refuse. he persists . u relent. u end up spending the whole day together and of course, fall in love! he proposes with a huge diamond ring and u live happily ever after.
for bigger perks, u can imagine that he is the next in throne to an obscure european kingdom and on the list of the 100 sexiest bachelors..ah..

sick of your frizzy absolutly unmanageable hair which insists on looking like a destroyed nest at the best of times? combs, conditioner,hair clips and even glue have no effect on it?
well, at least you have hair?? imagine having to wear wigs for the rest of your life? wigs which will have to be glued to your head and which cause red rashes to erupt all over your head. then you won't be able to wear your wig for another two weeks and will have to do your weekly shopping with a red head causing a five year old girl to start crying at the sight of you?

tired of the grass always being greener on the other side? pleased that you finally manged to buy 'that' top on sale and then you look around and notice that while you were focusing your energies on the top , the rest of the world had gone and bought themselves a coat to match? ?
you'll be walking along , shivering in your new top and no coat ensemble. a vogue photographer notices your daring ensemble , clicks a foto of your hypothermic self and plasters it on the front cover of vogue. suddenly you're famous , giving interviews right,left and centre on your bold new fashion sense and are offered your very own fashion label.

can never manage to buy all the items you desire? the world is full of expensive shops and all you can do about it is drool over the merchandise?
well at least you have a home and parents willing to feed you if not willing to indulge your thrifty needs. imagine if you were homeless, had to live in a cardboard box (with holes) on the side walk , eat banana peels and apple cores.
fashion was wearing a top found in the dump whic had all the buttons . and the only way you could watch tv was to peep in through the neighboring windows.. whereupon the residents would spot you and you would spend your remaining life peeling potatoes in prison and being beaten up by the prisoners!
phew!

so you see, its easy to be thankful for the smallest things in life if you have an overactive imagination like mine. it is easy to escape unpleasant situations by imagining yourself in a better world.
my fantasies don't solve my problems nor do they make them go away.
what they do is give me perspective.. make me appreciate the richness of my existence ..
they also take me away to a better place , and when i come back , things don't seem half as bad..

i lead a charmed life.. do you?