FLAME

"FLAMES"- Most of us definitely know about this game and atleast 90% would have tried their hands on it during their school/college days. So being indifferent from others, I too tried it with my crushes and unfortunately every attempt of mine ended up in Brother-Sister relationship on cards! However, this in anyway never prevented me to continue having crushes on them, until I found better options. I entered the Final year of wonderful college life and that time I had a deep crush on a girl (Guys who know who she is, offline please). On the same day, 12th January, I decided to tell her about my love. So I was all set with a Rose I had bought with my pocket money I and went to the college, waiting for the day to end. That day, our chairman gave a speech on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's birthday. I was in no mood to listen any of such things, but unfortunately had no option other than listening to it. Suddenly he said, " Vivekananda told, there is a FLAME in every youngster. He should bring out that FLAME in him to understand who he is". when I heard that, I don't know what came into my mind, took a paper and started putting FLAMES with her. The result was as expected. Papers showed her as my sister and suddenly brought down my enthusiasm level. So, I decided not to tell her that day as the signs were not good and waited for an another opportunity. Before that could happen, one of my close friends, who knew very well about the whole thing entered the scene and told her everything on my behalf. The Result was "Negative". The reply she gave was "Your friend doesn't even have the guts to say his love directly, and how come he expects me to love him?". If only those enlightening words of Vivekananda haven't entered my ears, things could have been different.

For the first time, Vivekananda's words put off the FLAME in a youngster's mind, rather than lighting it  Anyways coming to the Point, on this auspicious Swami Vivekananda's Birthday let's ignite the real FLAME in us and do something good for the society  After all he wanted youngsters to be rock solid characters and not just write favorite names on rocks alongside theirs.