How has been your journey so far?

The journey that I have been making did not started in a BMW but more like on bicycle. Had many highs and lows. Faced many failures enjoyed many success. In my small journey learned few but important things. One of them is the fact that expectations kill praise. It is because of this that I didn't enjoy what I could have enjoyed if.... I would have not expected anything. Secondly I missed many opportunities just because of the fear that I couldn't have handled them and what people would have thought about it.

Thirdly and the most important one is we should be our best friend. The one thing I now do is talk to myself about everything that seem to be like problems or difficult situations. There is always a way out of any problem its just that we have to sometimes sacrifice some thing....So understand what should have which place in your priority list...The journey of my life has been good for the most parts. I have the most wonderful parents supporting me in all walks of life - be it my education, social life, cultural, outings etc. I have a few but awesome friends. I have the best sister.

I have learnt to enjoy smallest of the pleasures of life - the chirping of birds, the chime of a temple bell, the rain, the sun-rise and the sunset, the long walks with people I love, the food cooked by mom.. (I can go on). So whenever I feel low for any reasons, I know how to get over with that. I have always enjoyed two things the most - singing and going places. I'm glad that I have been able to do both of these. I have had the pleasure of learning some music. Also, I have gone quite a few places with family and friends.

Life has not always been nice to me. I have had my share of sorrows.All the same, I am grateful I have had the strength to deal with the hardships. They don't look big when I know there are better reasons to enjoy. I have had my own share of highs and lows. I am thankful for what I have. I do not know what I would do if I were given one chance to go back in time and change something. I do not wish to live anyone else's life. I have made mistakes but they played their part in making me what I am today. I am happy to be me. I will keep on learning from my life.

Once upon a time, there was one being who was strong, beautiful, wise, and perfect. One day, he decided to let all of his body parts go on an adventure so that they could improve, develop and evolve by themselves. He took apart all of his body parts and let each of them float in a tiny boat in the ocean. He set a specific time for them to come back for sure. Just like this, an exciting adventure began. In the beginning, all the body parts kept sticking together as one, but as time went by, they started to compete. Fighting each other, they wanted to be faster, better, and safer. They were becoming separated. The eyes were superior to the ears because they could see and inferior because they couldn’t hear at the same time. Their journey became lonely, soulless and they started to realize that they had lost their way. “Where do we come from? Where are we going to? Why we are doing this?”

Time was over and they were meant to come back to the perfect being according to his plan. Once arrived, some body parts got off their tiny boats and immediately got back to their original spot on his body. Others were hesitating and doubting, holding onto their own tiny boat. And even, some resisted not to get off their tiny boats, thinking these are themselves. The one being is their original true self who is strong, beautiful, wise, and perfect. Each part seems to be separated but they are not. It means, not a single one needs to be competing nor wary. Only when they are together, they are worth as one being. Unless all of them live, each one can’t live as well.

Don’t go too far from your origin. Don’t be obsessed with a tiny boat which is just a means to go on an adventure. When it’s time, have the courage and be wise to throw away the tiny boat without hesitating. Fortunately, if you reach the origin earlier, you should live the rest of your life helping others to be together. That's what family is for! Replete with the sumptuous meals of happiness and bitter medicinal sorrow, the reverberating beat of victories and the cacophonous sound of days when I was beat, the simple pleasure of smiles and the avalanche of tears, the insane laughter riots and the long periods of sadness,

The ever-so-more precious memories embossed on memory-scape and the fading sketches of moments you'd rather forget, the call of the heart and that of the mind, the madness and the oh-so-serious discussions, the treats, the famine, the good and the bad, the right and the wrong, the black and the white and not to forget the greys ....and so much more, it has been what people generally mean, when they say "That's what they call life!" How-much-so-ever cliche that is, it's what it has been, is and shall remain.

For me, it has come in intermittent spells like sudden drizzles or all at once when swathes of clouds give away all their water and it pours endlessly- I have walked the earth facing all of it, sometimes in a brave way, sometimes not so much, sometimes lacking any sort of courage or determination altogether. But it has made me who I am today and I am thankful. I am thankful for all the mistakes I made, all the good decisions I took, all the flaws I had, all the triumphs, all the defeat, the crests, the troughs....everything. I have learnt that everything happens for a reason.

I wouldn't have it otherwise. It has made me the person I am today, someone whom a lot of people I love,care for, admire, respect and know like and love back. Well, there are a zillion other emotions too, sandwiched in there, and am glad for those too. And I read this somewhere- There aren't any perfect answers to any of life's questions...only pieces of experience that fit the puzzle at the end...So smile away...Live. Laugh. Love. Always. Cheers!