Aspirations, Ego, Hopes and Balloons

As a child, we are all fascinated by balloons, and , true enough – call it aspirations, ego, or hopes, we all like it in Inflated states. The first time we come across one must be making the child wonder in amazement and give the feeling of `So Near, Yet So Far’. The child is not able to hold the balloon in the hand and goes around chasing it. Maybe, the colour of the balloon could be quite fascinating or even the shape.
Pick it and crush it, as is the tendency, and behold, it burst like a bomb making a big noise. There is a sudden shock, a brief pang of fear and then tears for something that was in your hand right now and now it isn’t. You feel someone has robbed you of your most fascinating toy, but it is your own actions. A loser feeling!
People lure you on the size of a balloon saying the one that I blew is bigger, and you get attracted towards it. But remember handling big balloons are more tougher than handling smaller ones, but yet we fall for it, and don’t like to face the consequences. A loser feeling!
It’s the child’s first birthday and there is celebrations, festoons, decorations around, and, not to forget the large balloons and a big one over the cake. The sizes overwhelm you, and what the invitees do is burst them, and now the child wonders – is the balloon for blowing of bursting. Something that I cherished the most, is being blown away as celebration.
The next in the balloons is a gas balloon, and we are all fascinated by such a thing that in the imaginary world, we aspire that if we le t this out with lots of string, the balloon will touch the sky or break free from the sky and we start doing so. But the balloon only goes so far and not above that how much ever sting you leave free. But when the string breaks – the balloon rockets into the sky. You watch at it with absolute despair and sorrow of having lost something dear, and as if the world has come to an end. A loser feeling!
A simple toy like a balloon that you handle as a child, and one implants the loser feeling in you at such an early stage, yet one wants to runaway, because you can buy another one and comfort yourself as being the winner.