Happy Birthday Adi:)

Seventeenth of June Two Thousand Twelve: This day started with me travelling in a local bus from an area which is not “really” far from my place. During my short journey, as usual I was standing at the rear end of the bus. However, since I need to get down at the middle of the road I was forced to go front. And it all started with a lady offering me her seat. I was initially stormed. And in moments span varied queries started journeying in my mind. “My God, Do I Look So Old?”, “Or May Do I Look So Weak?”…………..! I thought to myself, I have been offering seats to others for over decades and every time I offer my seat to others, then the only reason behind that would be the inability of the person to stand for long(due to age or some weakness). Again, I looked at myself, I guess I don’t look old neither I look weak. So I was in a state of shock. “Kindly take the seat”…that voice said again. Hesitatingly I stepped forward to take the seat. I thought to myself…well time passed now the boot is on the other foot.  And all of a sudden I got call from a friend of mine…..TRING…TRING…..”Hello”, I said. “Happy Bday Adi”, was the call from the other side. Then I suddenly woke up from hibernation and reciprocated to my friend.

Later this day thought to me, one more year passed! How time flies within a blink of eye! I'm 28. Yes, Twenty Eight. And I thought of celebrating my birthday with this post, gifting myself this new blog. Writing this piece has been on my mind for a while now, tongue-tied abstractionism is danged.

As I look back at each and every incident that shaped the human being I am today, an orbit of emotions passes through my mind. It was indeed a roller coaster ride. Most emotions are sour, some not - but then as they, whatever happens life has to go on .if life gives you grapes, make grape juice. Well, with the number of grapes life gave me - I could have started a manufacturing plant that could serve half the population of India. Everyday. For a year. Hyperbole aside, that was the past - and lessons have been duly learned. I learned the meaning of the word stone hearted much before I could spell both the words together some that had the potential of driving me insane.

Today, I'm proud of what I've achieved, despite every single obstacle that has come my way. I'm proud of the person I am today - more so, because finally I've learned that whatever happens, life has to go on and there's no upper ceiling to what you can achieve when you 'put yourself first'.

And Happy Birthday to me. And since it’s my day and all that, here's a bit of a warning bell to go with the theme of this post:

Well it isn’t over till it’s over and my world shuts down
but if it’s to be then its up to me