Am Confused???

Ask me the synonyms for fun and I would immediately tell you my childhood days,games,cartoons etc.Those days were undisputedly the best days and I hope we all will agree to this.Everything seems so picture perfect but as human nature is, when we are young we wait to grow elder and viceversa..Right??..
Let me tell aboutthis young lad, my cousin Aareyan who is 5 yrs old now and just observing him is the biggest entertainment than watching any TV show. He woke u early this morning and just took off the crayons and colored the whole butterfly's picture in his drawing book with rainbow colors and woke me up asking me that hows it.It was 8 a.m then,and I told him the drawing was great and then showed me all his books hs books,his toys,and then switched on the radio.I just started wandering what hyperactivity this little chap has.I went on with my daily routine of running to the office but I still remember Aareyan and how restless he is.But his energy is really really unmatchable.
But the case is 360 degrees opposite with his elder brother Vatsal.He is in grade six and hates studies like almost every guy his age does and he's got spectacles thanks to watching tv or the idiot box as I put it for endless hours. Every time I visit his home Vatsal having a nice built and a lawn tennis bat hanging at his back always asks me the same question,"when will I grow up and finish my school and still how many more years I need to cling to my books.?and I just can't help but laugh out loudly and I tease him telling that he needs to study for 20 more years.
An the expression on his face is just worth watching.
Everybody is somehow yearning to grow older,there's this friend of mine, a young boy in his early teens who loves football and his playground.He's just finished school and it's his first year of college. But he hardly attends any lectures in his college.However hard I try but I cant control myself from making him understand that he better attend his classes in college and he's quick to reply,"Ten years from now on you will find me as a young successful enterprenuer".Of course I love his confidence but the point which I am trying to make here is everyone of us are busy building up dreams for our future.
The story is a little different here.I happened to meet these gang of girls a month back.We all were excited as we all girlies were gonna meet each other almost after 3-4 years.It was kinda school reunion.All of us were now in diffrent professions and had nothing in common in terms of our careers.I reached the mall at 6 pm sharp and almost all of us were in time.Exchanging compliments as some of my friends had changed so much and looked really pretty.We grabbed a table in one corner and ordered pizzas and started chatting.All of us agreed t one point that things changed so much since school as we knew each other and our funny habits then.All of them now had many friends in their college and workplace.But then, Gayatri said one thing that don't you guys think that all of us were really happy back in school and she wished that those days were back again.Ya,I too wish the same, replied Seema and all of us again started remebering all the funny instances from our schooltime.Here, my friends eventhough having a nice present and everyone settled in their lives, had an opinion that the past was so good, no tensions ,no responsibilities.etc.
Every age has it's own charm.As years pass so many feelings,emotions creep into us day in and day out-love,hatred,compassion,jealousy,selfishness,kindness.Not to forget we master the art of lying by now.Small lies like if you don't want to hang out with your friends you may tell them that I am really busy in the office when actually you were absolutely free and we just don't even realize that we lied.You may love someone more than yourself and hate someone to the extent that just can't even bear that person's sight.You start privatising and priortising, building up notions and categorize that these are my buddies ,those guys are not my type ,that girl is really rude and I dont want to talk to him and on the other side of the coin you may help somebody going out of your way or become so selfish that you indulge into cheap gossips,only think of your profits and start talking around one's back.Different people,different reactions.
So I feel all of us have two faces.One which is like a mask which we pretend to be as a public figure, taking into account what will he\she think of me, being in the society an image which everyone has of you, and the other face is one hidden behind the mask which only
you know and the Supreme almighty.Pretty wierd naaaa!!!!! But that's the way it is.So keep enjoying your present and be ready to face this badbad world with your supermasks.!!!!!