The Present & the Future.. Am I sleeping or am I awake?

I was watching the Indian news channel on the internet today morning . After an hour of surfing through the various channels , I switched on the television to watch the BBC news. It was about to telecast the 9/11 mourning ceremony from the ground zero. All that I could sum up from all the news that I gathered from these various channels was either of some ongoing tragedy or some past one or an indiaction of one to come in the near or far future.
Oh Cmmon' ! Can't we all see what all is happening in the world today, with the economic crisis ( inflation / deflation) taking the charge of killing peoples dreams of a happier & prosperous life. Taking away their job or filling them up with the fear of losing it soon some day.
Natural calamities in all the parts of the world wether it be USA, India, China, Japan, Cuba or some other countries across the globe. If it is not the nature then there are humans or governments to take the charge to the pending task. We are seeing that with Russia , USA , Iraq & Afganistan.
Everyday we wake up to various news of struggle & hatred & sorrow & pain & devastation. Then we are consoled by listening to the rehabilitation tasks done by some groups of people. Whereas we ourself are scared even to donate something fearing it might go into some greedy unworthy persons pocket or will get drowned in the black-hole of corruption.
Did we ever stop & ask ourself the question as to 'where are we heading to, the way we are going? '
We all our engrossed in our own life, our own sorrows, our own small world. Will we ever wake up to see the broader picture?
I myself , have this realisation every now & then , and then again get back to the sleep of ignorance. After sometime wake up again to this knowledge & try to do something...
The people who bought change have been doing this since ages- Being awake. Standing up for themselves for their dreams, for their friends , for their community, the Nation or the world.
They think it is theirs , it is theirs to take care of.
I feel , waking up again & again is the need of the hour . Can we do something about it?
As someone has said, " It is not worth to die worrying about small petty things, die worrying about big things that matter" .

Time!!

Sitting idle in the middle of the day I was fiddling with my thoughts. Making myself realise that I was there, living the life there , in that situation. It happens sometimes that you are so lost in space & time that you tend to loose control of your being. It was just yesterday , I remember when I used to come from school & sat down chatting with my mum & sisters while we had lunch.

The time passed , as in literally flew , & then I hardly come home at afternoons & hardly had any time to have any lunch. Sans time to spend with family & sans time to realise what was going on around.
It flew & it flew, till it had blown me away with it, when today I am so far away, much farther than to be able to reach back when it pains most to be there.

How did this happen, in my excitement & fun & joy & achievements & growth ? Cannot reckon it even if I today want to.
They say life passes by in a fraction of a second , we don't realise the truth of it,until such feeling of loss grows in the core.
I now see time as, a vast mesmerising swift bird which flies & flies in its own skies. You never know when it is there & when it is gone, till it's so far away that you can actually have a look at it's whole size, but till that time it's way off your reach.
Here it comes....... there it's gone.....