ANOTHER YEAR IS COMING TO A CLOSE.

A year is a short time in fact. But at times, a year is more than enough to redefine a lot of things. And sometimes a year can change our lives forever.

Another year is coming to a close, showing what life can have in store for us. Another year has went by changing a lot of things, bringing in a lot of surprises. The changes that have happened are results of what we felt, never what we learned or gained. It’s never based on what we can measure or even comprehend for that matter. What we feel as a human being has nothing to do with what makes sense. And essentially that means, the smallest of things might have had the deepest impact on us.

Last year was a phenomenal one; ripping my skin apart and allowing some light to fall in. And I realized that only destruction allows us to analyse what holds us together; that only in fragments certain things are seen.

I have learned that the magic of life lies in love; the kind of love that is beyond the norms, the kind which doesn’t come with terms and conditions. It is true that only love and death can change things. As a person, it is never a safe choice to fall for another human being completely. It is much like a storm hitting you; and sometimes your roots won’t be strong enough to withstand the rage. But choosing to take the storm head on will evolve you into a person you never imagined you could be. And that my folks, is the most uplifting of all that you would ever feel.

But at times, if what you felt has to stay with you forever, it has to be taken away. Life’s like that. And I suppose, that is the only way it can be. For everything we hold close to us are already taken away; childhood being the dearest of them all. What is lost is often the most dearest; be it things or be it people. And let this year be a reminder to cherish what is here today, for we know nothing lasts.

 

This year brought to me people who I thought never existed, and took away people who I thought would be there for a while. It brought experiences that can never come out as words, and moments that will stand vivid, ages from here. To recollect the days passed would mean to relive a certain time, and this time with added intensity; for we know how deeply it has affected us. Sometimes I feel that the air at places like Kuttikanam and Veliangiri has done me more good than anything else in the world. And some of these memories, they break and mend at the same time. But life is all this; all of this in different doses at right times. And the only thing we can ever do is to allow it to be felt, to be open for all what is out there to feel. Infinities do not take up space and believe me, miracles happen in split-seconds. A year is, in that case, a very long time.

Stay strong.

God bless.