Growing up

                                                                                                                    The Transition                                                                               When we were kids,  we were taught values such as, being kind to others and sharing whatever we have with the people around us.  We were taught to have faith and to respect elders.  We were taught to give importance to family and to follow principles of punctuality and politeness. We...

Think. Think before you say anything. Think before you make up your mind about someone. Think about what you would have done if you had been in their place Think about others but don't let that affect what you think about yourself Think about making new memories instead of lamenting about the ones that could not be made. Think about the things that make u who you are and who you wanna be Think about the things that broke you and use the pieces to make a new,  stronger you Think about the long,  sleepless nights and how the sun finally came out Think about the raindrops that brought joy and lulled you to a sense of peacefulness Think of happy smiles,  laughter and conversations of the heartfelt kind Think of the person who brought you into this world and the ones who make your stay worth it Above all, think and make your own life worth living..

The road we travel is ours alone, every step, every breath The turmoil, the confusion, the despair, the indecision The tears we shed are ours alone, every ache, every wound Our hesitation, our fear , the sinking feeling that end is near The insecurites we feel are ours alone to  fester in and drown The nervousness, the anxiety, the self doubt, the uncertainty The decisions we take are ours alone, every word, every thought The hope, the anticipation, the desire, the expectation But the beauty of it all is that the joy we experience, the elation, the pure peace Is ours alone to share, spread and forever keep alive.

Utter shock!!! This is what it must feel like to have a million emotions racing through your mind at infinite miles per hour. If I thought my mind was overflowing before, I was in for a nasty surprise. I tried shaking my head, blinking my eyes, anything at all… to make even a little sense of what I had just seen! A note containing the name of every person that ever lived and their time of death written next to it!! My time… A few hours after my birth!!! What must have happened? How is this even possible? Doesn't stuff like this only happen in movies? The questions were endless, each one weirder than the one before. I had led a reasonably normal life till now, boring even. The biggest accident I ever had was when I had fallen down from my cycle when I was twelve years old. It had seemed like the apocalypse then but who was I kidding?I was a budding teenager-so everything was catastrophic to me. But after reading the note, I was beginning to question everything. Suddenly,...