Lessons learnt

August17 was indeed a day of immense learning. It was also a day of reaffirmation. There are lots of ideas pruning in our heads that are manured by incidents we encounter daily. It is amazing how something you read somewhere out of context or something someone told you without any reference actually makes so much sense at a certain point later. We all value things when they make sense to us . Things make sense to us only when they fit into our scheme of affairs. Thats when you realise that you have learnt something.

This is exactly what aug17 was like, for me, this year.
Here's are a few learnings...
Dont ever take anything for granted, especially the things that you have acquired. All that you have can be taken away from you in a matter of seconds, even before you realise it. So, cherish everythign you have, acknowledge everything around and give due credit to the deserving.
you dont want to wake up one morning thinking you lost something you dint even know you had, do you?
Dont fret over anything. They say, 'you win some, you lose some'. Always remember,
If you get something , that is fine n good for me.
If i don't get something well, in a weird way, that is fine and good for me too.
inexplicable... but thats the way it is.

if you know what i went through on aug17 you will know how significant the above lessons havebenn to me.

Finally, most importantly,
Life is full of little surprises. You can be as rational as you want, you can try as hard as possible to build walls of reason around you but living by it is not in your hands. There are certain things that are not under your control but will bring you immense joy. Well, you cannot do anything about it, just live with it. ;-)
As much as i am trying to give it a 'normal' status, it continues to remain 'special' to me.
Who am i kidding, it will always be special.
Just as it was, just as it is and just as it will be!

and as someone really dear to me(!aha!) would say, "keep the learnings"

life goes on....