Moving On

As I write this story, in some days I will be completing one year in my current job, which as a matter of fact happens to be my first job. Over the past one year I have learnt a lot of lessons, gained a lot of new friends and lost a few too. Now that the year is about to end, everything that has happened seems so far back in past that it's tough to imagine that it all ever happened once. All that remains with me are the memories and the companionship of those who are the closest to me.

I still remember the day when I first came to this rather unwelcoming city. It was an overwhelming experience, so much so that it was tough to imagine that something like this was happening to me. Slowly and steadily it all began to sink in, and I started 'coming back to life'.

If I had to mention some of the most important things in my life I would certainly keep my friends among them. I just can't seem to live without them. I have always been really dependent on them. I have always had great friends and I have always loved their company. It was only recently that I realized that I am too possessive about my friends and to speak the truth, it came as a shock to me.

It's going to be an year and what I see all around is a lot of discomfort and a lot of movement. This reminds of a very important fact of nature that says that the same kind of entities in an place tend to move away from each other and keep moving away from each other forever. Much like the galaxies that just keep moving away and farther in the universe expanding it along the way. No one seems to be happy with what they are or what they have. I guess one has to be in their position and experience what they do before commenting on something like this, but the fact is that this discomfort is universal. Only thing that differs among everyone is the level of discomfort and more importantly what steps they can take to get rid off it.

While some choose to crib about it all and vent it out and start all over again a few days later, others are much diferent and crib all the time. The remaining handful of people really have the guts to do something out of the ordinary and they really show us the "WAY TO GO". I personally really appreciate such people and dream that someday even I would follow where they have led by example.

What I need now is that this year be full of good things and full of lucky charms for me and all my friends and that I be ready to move on in life without my friends too. I have made all efforts possible to meet each and every one of them for one last time before they embarked on a new journey in their lives and to spend quality time with them while doing so. The fact that I might never meet them ever again compells me to do this and I love doing it too. Some of the best parts of my life till now have been spent with them and those will always remain in the deepest corners of my heart forever. I guess it's tough to accept but things change and they will always continue to do so as long as they exist. I for one, do not like things to change at all and this has been a very dreadful fact that I have never come to accept.

Now that most of my friends are moving on in life, I have nothing more to say but "WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK" and hope they succeed in life. I would love to meet them someday somewhere in some distant corner of the country and share a moment with them over a cup of coffee or a glass of beer, whatever suits him/her. But what I would want the most would be for the time to stop so that no one ever had to go anywhere and things remained as beautiful they are forever and ever. Cheers to all my achiever friends, my heart goes out to you.