Normalcy in Eccentricity

We have so many dreams, desires, feelings that we seldom do justice to. We follow the path of so called normalcy and live an unfulfilled life. Since this the football season let me tell you that I have been immensely motivated by the Football Couple at Kolkata. The 81 yr old man and his 70 yr old wife are so passionate about the game that they travel each year since 1982 to the World Cup location .And no they are not rich. They survive on the little pension money received per month and buy selling saris from home. They save every penny they can to make it to the World Cup .They save up on their food as well and merely   survive on the bare minimum. Now we ‘normal people’ would think this to be eccentric right? Think about it. The satisfaction and joy they receive after returning from the World Cup each year, the pleasure of meeting stalwarts like Pele and watching Maradona’s hand of god, when they see their sacrifices bloom into such pleasures? Yes it is eccentricity. But these are the type of people who don’t have any regrets at their deathbeds. But we people have so many. We too have so many desires but we simply let them go , No one can insult yourself more than you by doing such things. And this feeling of repentance, if’s and but’s   ,loads of excuses is more  deep rooted than you will think it is. Such people dont have less problems.The legendary singer, Kishore Kumar was insecure of the money that he earned. He did not even trust the banks, he sowed every penny in his backyard. Now this kind of insecurity is not small. It must have eaten him up ,but he chose to rise above it and do what he is best at, music.Stars like Rowan Atkinson(Mr.Bean),Charlie Chaplin were sufferers, and hence they strived every bit to make the world understand the joy of being happy and feeling lucky for what each one had.Because someone somewhere would feel very rich to live your life. So we need to take that one small step and realize our higher purpose of being and follow our dreams. The kind of joy obtained in being eccentric is immense, something that normal people will not even relate to. Now this choice is in your hands, you want to be normal or eccentric?