Life is More Fun when You Have a Company

Few days back I went to watch Up In the Air-the latest movie starring George Clooney. His spellbinding performance did invoke many rounds of clap and laughter. But, the dialogue which I can’t still forget is-Life is more fun when you have a company.

I don’t want to elaborate the context, but very few among us would have thought about these splendid words.

Without any doubt, it is our life and we are sole owner to make a decision about it. But imagine yourself on an island where you have everything in abundance but any other person. Imagine! your Birthday and you have no one around to clap while you cut the cake. Imagine! you become the wealthiest man in the world, and no one to savor the beautiful luxuries with you. Imagine! you are in deep pain, and no one around to ask how you feel. Imagine! you bought a Ferrari and no one’s along to go for a long drive. Just the thought of it puts us off, doesn’t it?

It’s true that you have come in this world alone and will go back alone. But, as long as you live, make it a celebration. And celebration is never alone.

Justify Your Existence

I’m back from vacation. Trust me! No place like home.

We started with Dubai then went to different parts of north India and where we got severely tortured by chilled weather. Flight cancellations and train rescheduling pushed my change management skills to a new level. Hope you are aware- Delhi is known for extreme weather.

Now I’m proud to have first-hand experience at Burj-al-Arab (the only 7 star hotel in the world) and Burj Khalifa (the tallest building in the world) and Palm Jumeira. Of course got a few photos clicked to brag about.

The most commendable thing about Dubai is- it’s built out of nothing but just a VISION. Few know that Dubai doesn’t have oil.

The place which once was a dusty Arab town is now a glitzy megapolis known of the best of luxuries in the world. I suspect if the concept like Desert Safari ever existed before Dubai marketed it. They must have got inspiration from Jungle Safari. Whatever be the case it deserves a must visit, where you explore sand dunes with twists and turns in a Toyota Landcruiser sometimes as steep as almost 90 degrees.

I forgot to mention legendary Palm Jumeira. We went there by road and had a coffee at newly opened the Atlantis. Hats off to the man who thought of creating artificial island like this. It’s truly magnificent. But missed the aerial view, which left the experience incomplete.

Places like these do inspire us to justify our existence by creating things which never existed.

King Maktoum, May God help you recover from the recent setbacks so that you keep adding new icons on earth.