Top of the hill

Hey wake up!! its finally time... what i had been waiting for, for the last two months... ever since the day we had that blessed dinner. Get up namit ... its time... cut the slack and get ready... you have an early start and you dont want to be the laggard... i get out of the room after getting ready ... looking forward to today.. everyones out... hey lets go... lets not wait... there is a magnificence thats tugging at me... my feet ready, rub my eyes of the last bits of slumber left in them... lets go! confident foot steps say that we can do it... then with the first rays of the sun hitting the summit, the winding path laying ahead of us becomes clear... winding and steep in places and easy goin at others.. journeys you need to make on earth before reaching the devine... the things you need to overcome before the sun sets on our horizons... but right now it is sunrise and am already at the foot of the hill... take my first steps... feeling the polished granite slab beneath my feet... polished by years of footsteps ... pleasant after walking on the rough asphalt... a regular campaigner zips past me... i am inspired to follow her footsteps... i lengthen my stride and walk to the flat part... a bit tired but not exhausted yet... i walk again.. slowly pick up the pace again... n after a few cycles of slow and fast walkin... i reach the summit... but before you witness divinity, you have rituals to follow... you cleanse and purge and wait... then the white marble glistens in the oils and lotions applied to it... the eyes radiant ... the crown gleaming, the gravity compelling... the gaze does not shift.. you are humbled to witness greatness in all its splendour at the very heart of the home of my beliefs... the mecca as on might say for jains... Adeshwar Bhagwan... please give me peace...