Thirty Days to Thirty
I have this calendar at my desk that gives inspirational quotes each day of the year. Today's one liner says "It's not how long life is but the quality of our life that is important." Funny that it had to come on a day when I am in the retrospective mode. It's exactly thirty more days till I hit the thirties.
Too many setbacks, plans A to Z gone haywire (currently surviving on Plan AZ of PlanLostCountOfTheNumber.xls), countless heartbreaks. Innumerable failures. Wrong decisions worth repenting. Endless tossing and turning in the bed. Dark circles. Weight gain. Stress. Relationships damaged. The last few years have been nothing less than a roller coaster ride.
Yet on the other hand...
Very very very supporting parents, almost always a supportive family (at least not the typical nagging/bugging one), loving friends who are more like family, good grades (it does really matter at times, no matter how much we deny it), some (however negligible it may be) contribution to the scientific community, rewards and recognition, opportunity to cultivate my hobbies.
In the end, I have come out stronger and happier than before.
I may have pictured a very different (and a rosy one) entry into the thirties..so many "Things to do/Places to visit before you turn 30" (including the much wanted Ladakh trip) still unchecked... but this isn't bad either!
Hello thirties.. on my way... (almost there)
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