2 Min Read story by Sharad Vora

Ashish Mehta was in the office late till 9 pm. He is the CEO of a newspaper agency. All the staff members in the office are gone, he is the last one waiting for some important mails and some confirmations. He saw on his LCD screen, somebody entering inside his office and he was confused who would be at this weird time. When he saw a man who entered his cabin he was speechless. He was spellbound. He was in a state which can not be described. The man was exactly his look-alike. He just stood there for 1 minute and then asked, 'Ashish, can I come in or should in wait here only?" His face was just same as Ashish, his hair style was same, his behaviour was same, nothing different than a dress, it was just the same. Ashish asked, "Who, Who r are you?" - A 10 second pause and then tere was a statement that echoed in the cabin, "I am Stranger, I am your past, present and future".

Note: Do not read this story if you are a weak person, or too emotional. Leave it frankly. Do not read this ahead if you feel it is boring or painstaking. its always better to continue with you schedule, anyways how does it matter to anyone, but here, it mattered a lot for Ashish Mehta.

" I am your past, present and future." said this man.

Ashish was just as if he was watching a dream. he forgot everything. It was like as if he was wanting to ask a lot of things all together, he had no words to speak. 

The noise of A/c stopped for a while and there was a complete silence in the cabin.

The man said, 'Listen Ashish, I know you are a very hardworking CEO. but you know one thing. you are a selfish-stereotype and a very bad business manager.'

Ashish was just a bit worried. He was listening as if he was listening to a divine supernatural power. 

This man continued, "You are a good person by a heart, but a donkey businessman from the innest. You have chosen no time for yourself, for your family, for your health, for your happiness. You always wanted to earn money and you have earned enough to eat two times meals for a day, Yet you want to work more just to earn more at the cost of your own social life. Actually, you are like a machine Ashish, It just starts everyday at 7 am and shuts off at 12 at night. You are going to end your life with some property and some credit balance but let me tell you, you have already died few years ago."

"I have died some years ago? What do you mean?" asked Ashish in low voice in anxiety.

"Yes, the day when you skipped your friends' party you started killing your personal life. The day you could not attend your son's annual function, you harmed your social resistance power, The day you asked your wife to go to hospital by her own just because you had some important work at your office, you were on your toe to kill your personal life. These all has made your private life killed miserably. Today you are living like a dead body. No dream, No personal life, No social life. No vision."

"Well, I think its not completely true" said Ashish.

"Its ok Ashish. I thought to come and tell you about a secret, so let me tell this to you. I am not God, I am no super-power, I am just you. I am your conscience. I am the soul of your own dream whom you killed years ago. You have got a chance again. Awake, Get up Ashish, Go home and start living your life. Enjoy your each day, Do not should on your employees all the time, Gift your wife a beautiful bouquet of flower today get your child a chocolate, bring something for your friends, hug your parents today and say thankyou, Its all you have to do it today man! Be free, be you ! and the real happiness is in you! Otherwise, because you have chosen to live like a donkey, die like a donkey."

Suddenly the man disappeared and the noise of A/c was again audible.

Ashish Mehta took his tiffin, took his bag, switched off his office light, locked the office and drove his car to a gift shop nearby!