Love of the Rat Race

Being someone who isn't quite interested in the rat race that everyone around seems to be deeply engorged in can be difficult. The major problem being that most people refuse to understand your stand. "It sounds philosophical, sounds good, sounds interesting.", they say, "But is not practical." I've often tried to explain to them that I don't advocate living a wastrel's life. That would be straight against the tenets of Sikhism. The point is lead a life where you work for just enough materialistic comfort to meet whatever your needs and desires are and not for the desire of earning money! Enjoy life, be good to others as much as you can be, and be good to yourself :)

Anyway, this post is about the problem that I may face if I choose to stay out of the rat race. And I'm not in a mood to talk serious right now... the problem is that I've spent the past 5-6 years with people having high aspirations, both at office and in college. Most of the people I met during the past two years are a part of what is called the rat race. And all this while I've been a person sitting on the footpath watching the people in cars and bikes rush by. I've enjoyed the show and am missing the feeling. It's like that feeling of standing on the terrace in a crowded place like Chandni Chowk and looking down at the activity that is on in the market and on the roads. I'm missing that feeling in just 20 days... time to get back inside the rat race. For the best view is there. Should I run the race, not for that elusive victory, but for the fun of the race and that close-up view?