I WAS MAD, AND NOW I’M M.A.D-DEST!

Most of us keep worrying about our troubles; some do it on a regular basis while others do it occasionally. It’s just the degree which varies. Until a week back I used to whine approximately 20 out of 24 hours. And it included the amount of nonsense my brain used to think about, while I was sleeping too. And then something happened! Something so big, that it took the ‘whining and the nagging me’ away from me. And suddenly life seemed beautiful and thankful.  And as the saying goes, count your blessings instead of your troubles, and your life will be much more meaningful and pure.

And that something is M.A.D. a.k.a. Make a difference!  And it’s hit me so hard, that too right in my face that I kept wondering and asked myself, for almost a day, “where the hell had I been? What the hell was I in fact doing!?” Okay, so MAD is an organization, run by the youth of the country, working for the underprivileged kids to provide them with the BEST quality education, so that one day they become as employable as all of us! Just the thought, makes a difference!

You know, I believe, living is just a part of being alive. The other is to make a difference.

It’s just been 2 days. Not even 2 proper days. The first was this recruitment cycle, which no matter what, I had to nail to get into it.  And now that I’m all pumped up and ecstatic about, it’s pretty easy to guess that I’m in it! The moment they called, I jumped, and literally banged my head with the wall, but the pain vanished in about 2 microseconds! See! This is when they say ‘aaj khush toh bahut hoge tum?! Haain! ‘

Second was the Curriculum training! Where they sucked us out, totally! Switching from volunteers to teachers to students was not easy, but required. Cause until unless you’re not in my shoes, you don’t know how it feels. As simple as that! Similarly, we had to swap into the three roles, and get to the gist of the character we had to play.

During my entire 4 year college stint, I’ve taught like a ton of people! My batch mates, my juniors, my super juniors, in fact little neighborhood kids too. But never thought this way about teaching, the way MAD taught us. Never thought that tiny help would make so much of a difference in their lives!

Although, I haven’t really started off with the ‘teaching part’, but yes being there and imbibing from the extremely talented bunch of people out there, hearing their feelings about it, has made me FEEL the difference I will make. I haven’t been as eager with any other venture in my life, as with MAD. I just can’t wait! THE TIME! Sigh!

Aah! So, I’m proudly with the other aspect of Life now. I think different, and I wish to be a part of the difference, and I will make a difference.

So, what do you think? Do you want to? Will You?