Random Thoughts – 2

We share our happiness with our near and dear ones through celebrations and these celebrations bring us closer to people.

College has been a memorable journey, with a bag full of memories. Some sweet and some bitter. But no matter what all are important. One such memory is of the time when I topped in first semester. I treated all the daysci girls at Planet food for 1000 bucks which at that time was supposed to be a pretty big treat considering we were just out of junior college, I was not getting pocket money and I was a day scholar (and yes all hostelides, please take note, it is more difficult for a day scholar to get money than a hosteller, for sure) And my brother asked me, “Do you even know these people, to treat them?” And frankly I didn’t! Few were friends and others I knew by name. But then we eventually did turn out to be good friends.

I have seen people spend like crazy at clubs and parties. I have been a part of many such celebrations. I have also been a part of such celebrations where we inaugurated our glasses by pouring out coke into them at midnight. It is not important whether the celebration was a costly affair or a cheap one or was it in a five start hotel or at home. What matters is did you celebrate? Did you have fun? Did you share your happiness? I have always looked out for my family and close friends for any celebration. But I realize I celebrated most of the important occasions of my life with not so close people. When I was getting a free ticket to Athavle coaching class because of my performance in crash course I celebrated it over an ice-cream with a bunch of 2-month old friends. When I topped in first semester I celebrated it with a group of girls I didn’t know very well. When I came to hostel I celebrated my first friendship’s day with a bunch of girls I wasn’t very close to. But over the period of time all of them turned out to be some of the best friends I could have ever hoped to make.

Now while we move on with life, we have a job to look after, a manager to answer, a career to build, we cannot expect our friends to be there for us all the time. So instead of sitting idle in your room with a sad smiley on your face, you would rather go out and celebrate with who-so-ever is around you. And in the process if that person is able to understand your joy, is able to appreciate your success, is able to be happy for your happiness then you might as well find a friend..

At the crossroads of life..

Times change and so do people, is what we generally say,
Though I am starting to believe, it’s time that changes people,
As much as I would like to say that people change times,
But here I am, myself alone, filled with contentment and regret,
For what I have got from life and what have I given back to it,
For what I am blessed to have and what I didn’t fight to make right.

I want to put both in a balance and toil for the results to bend to my side,
And when I am successful, do the same for the next person beside.
Let all the sorrows vanish or give the inner strength to hide,
I can’t go like this, for long, on this mystifying life’s ride.

I don’t mind if my eyes get wet but not by what came my way,
But by the rain where I once danced my heart away,
I want to breathe the same air again and laugh the same way,
I want to make every moment perfect and cherish every day
But something is stopping me, something is blocking me,
And I don’t have the answers, nothing yet, indeed.

Here I am, standing alone at the crossroads of life, wondering, contemplating,
How do I cross without interrupting the traffic, without causing any harm,
And while I wait impatiently for the roads to clear,
I might be forced to reconsider the path, by a deep down fear.