Sunday Evening

Here in lake tahoe, I see a beautiful evening. I have been here since 3 weeks for my summer internship. This is the first time I am spending so much time with myself. That must sound strange. We all spend time with ourselves through our lives. Isn't it? But in true sense, we spend time with ourselves when we stay alone for a while not meeting or seeing other people. It is a great opportunity for self discovery. So what am I doing? In hidden realms of this self discovery I am reading and thinking.
I am reading this book " The Predictors" by Thomas Bass( based on true characters). It's an interesting story of cowboy entrepreneurs looking to win on Wall Street. I also saw a movie "21" starring Jim Sturgess today. The movie is inspired by true story from a book 'Bringing down the house' which is about group of MIT students making a killing at Las Vegas casinos by learning to beat the game 'Blackjack'. Both the book and the movie bring a question to my mind. Where did the protagonists of both book and the movie find their drive? I see their minds working extraordinarily to make money for themselves, to be rich. In the process they defy otherwise bounds and conventional processes--the way to do things normally, for the ordinary men. I see only one answer---the strong desire for fame and fortune consuming their minds. They find ways or make ways to get to the ends they desire. I feel alive thinking about them. This Sunday evening seemingly ordinary becomes special with my thoughts.