If Today Were The Last Day

“Bucket List” is a term which I came across in a film of the same name. Film aside, the name stayed in my head, and I, in my temporary boredom of solving sums regarding thermodynamics, decided to make one of my own. But before I did that, I gave a thought about why I’d need to make one. I came up with a good cause-the end of the world. What if today were the last day every single person had in this world? What if tomorrow, everybody would die together? What would I do? What would anybody do? Before I went to that part, I thought about the doomsday itself, the end of the world. Everyone fears it, or rather, most people. I’ve heard prayers said, I’ve seen mindless films being released, but I don’t think anybody’s given the D-Day much of a thought. I did give it a thought, and I’m bringing it out of the closet. Here’s what I think D-Day is, and it’s certainly more than the last 86400 seconds.

I think D-Day is the one last second chance we’ve all been yearning for, it’s the one day when we can set right the wrong, and actually “rest in peace”. Imagine if tomorrow the world were to end. Would all of your wealth and possessions matter? Would your ego or your job matter? You may say yes, but when you think about the fact that today’s the last day, trust me, none of those things will matter. So, in short, all the things that divide us will vanish. Nobody will remember the hatreds and grudges, everybody will be focused on spending their last day with happiness. Many will cast away all their wealth, many will endeavour to do things they never thought they were capable of doing, cus after all, nobody’s got anything to lose on their last day. If one sees a homeless man on the last day, then they’d give him food and clothes and invite them in for a day of fun, maybe a drink or two. Prisoners and criminals won’t try to con others or shed blood, cus even to the apparently heartless, a last day is a last day, and nobody’s gonna want to lose that last chance of happiness without excuse.  It’ll be a holiday from work for everybody. People will actually spend time with their families and friends, cus after all, when nobody’s working, the world’s backbones will cease, stores will be unmanned, restaurants will be waiter-less and chef-less. Theatres will be without projectionists. In short, a perfect setting to spend time with family and friends, actual people. Nobody’s gonna ask you questions, not on your last day, not on their last day. No questions, no equivocations, no excuses. For once, people with their lives coming to an end due to some disease or the other will not be looked with pity, they’ll also be able to roam the world fully free, cus everybody will be sharing the same fate. Yes, that’s the biggest advantage of the D-Day. Everybody will share the same fate. Fate loves to take twists and turns,  fate loves to act like a spiralling and sometimes coiling yarn, but not on D-Day, where everybody goes home together. On D-Day, fate will be just one big, thick rope, with all the strands terminating at the same point. D-Day, in short, is the one preview of the Utopia that philosophers and artists have only imagined, where everybody’s happy. The fact that the last day will last only for one day makes it even better, cus not even a single second will be wasted.

That said, here’s what I’d like to do if today were my last day.

1)Eat a family size Double Cheese Pizza with Extra Cheese and Paneer. Yeah, if today were my last day, I wouldn’t care about cholesterol or fat.

2)Give all my stuff to some poor kid, so that he gets a taste of what he hasn’t had till now. My PS3, cell phone, iPod, books, and pretty much anything he can carry :)

3)Go and kiss the girl I love, even if she doesn’t love me back. One small kiss won’t hurt, not on the last day (I hope :P).

4)Tell my family I love them.

5)Do full on timepass with friends.

6)Write a goodbye note, stuff it into a glass bottle, and throw it into the sea.

7)Steal a million dollars from some big bank and blow it all away on useless stuff, like say, a Lamborghini Reventon :P

8)Go on the fastest rollercoaster.

9)Say thank you to every single person who’s helped me at some point in my life.

10)Give a hug to someone who needs one or hasn’t got much of it. Hugs are a wonderful way of expressing care :)

11)Make love(yes,you read it right).

12)Spend the last hour of the day on a beach, with a bonfire and people dear to me by my side, as we recount tales of the past, the anecdotes, the fooleries, the good times, the crazy times.

The last thing I’d like to do isn’t actually something only I should want. I want this for the whole world. We have a custom of welcoming each new year with hands held high, and with a loud shout of joy. Well, wouldn’t it be nice to look at the face of doom, and hold hands with whoever’s standing next to you, and scream out :”Hasta La Vista,baby”?

Who knows, maybe on seeing billions of people roaring together, the doomsday machine will actually get scared and back off, or maybe God’ll see that we are indeed capable of being united, and give us an extension to this second chance. Ah, and here ends my dream of the penultimate and the final day on earth. It was a good dream while it lasted. I don’t know if this dream will come true, I hope it does, cus I’m dying to see unrestricted happiness.

Like Steven Tyler said, “Dream on, Dream on, Dream on, Dream on till your dreams come true”

I will keep dreamin’ on, friend :D