After having spent just over 3 months back home, it’s time to get back to place where I started off from. And now is when I realize that 3 months, just over 90 days is too small a period. On such instances I’m reminded of the famous example cited by the great Albert Einstein to explain his theory of relativity, “If you sit on a gas stove for 2 minutes, those 2 minutes will be felt like two hours and if you have a conversation with a beautiful lady for two hours, those two hours will be felt like 2 minutes” (I can vouch for the later statement... I did experience it on a couple of junctures)
I realize that these times are filled with nostalgia and it would be apt to compare my present state of mind with the one, just over an year ago, when I left for the first time. Then, I had mixed feeling of excitement, nervousness and expectations. Now, it’s almost that the stage is set and I need to stick to my plans. There is little element of surprise left, which should ideally make things easy. But as they say, surprises can occur at any point in time, especially when you already are in a system and tend to anticipate things. So, again I am prepared for some surprises (rather shocks) and new challenges that I might have to face. Whatever is the case, I know one thing for sure, life is not going to be as flowery as it has been during these 3 months. The chivalry that I rediscovered in me (courtesy, my mom and few other noble souls) will soon be lost. The comforts and luxuries are definitely going to be a thing of past. In spite of all this, I’m looking forward for getting back.
During three months, I had my own highs and lows.
Some of the highs were:
• Meeting some of favorite people on a regular basis and those endless conversations
• Food (ask anyone away from home, the importance of homemade food. I gained over 5 pounds)
• Relaxation and Travel
Lows, I would like to mention a little softly:
• Disappointment and Differences (Many people left me disappointed. The root cause was 'over expectations' and inability to adapt to changing times I would say. I feel, I have learned some tricks to handle this in future)
• Troubled health (Ha! I had no control over this, but still would have preferred to be in the pink of my health all the time. It cut short my plans of meeting people and spending quality time)
All said and done, still I don’t know how things are going to be, a week from now. Well, that’s the beauty of life. No one can perfectly guess what’s stored in future!
PS: Thanks to you people, for making me feel special during these three months. I have missed you in the past and am surely going to miss you again, hopefully for not too long :)
