Having turned 21 ..

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!<:-P..............A1...:D " Here I stand tall , by the 21st milestone of my life, carrying an onerous satchel , full of memories, with a supremely humdrum realization that these 21 years have just zoomed past in a jiffy. When I turn back and look at the road I've been traversing since 21 years ,I notice that this road wasn't all that smooth , and at the same time , it wasn't all that bumpy either. The decent number of accomplishments I've had, undoubtedly keep my spirits soaring high in the sky , but all the indecencies , follies and gaffes I've made leave me in a melange of emotions. I feel a strong urge to turn the clock back and merrily correct those mistakes which often keep plaguing my soul. Some of those absurd acts of mine , may not be seem justified to the onlookers, who accuse me that I wasn't right at a particular point of time. I would like to tell them all that perhaps I wasn't right at certain points, but at the same time , I wasn't wrong too. The biggest supreme court I can ever face is my own conscience and which is why convincing my own self is of paramount importance to me. Once I am able do this, then I quit justifying myself and also cease shouting from the rooftops that I am not all that bad.

As a child, I was greatly enamoured of cakes, celebrations , confetti, festoons and gifts. But as I grew older, I could gradually discern it's diminishing magnitude. Today , my birthday is just like any other day except for the fact that I become the cynosure of all eyes for a few hours. My birthday this year,I thought, should be something different from the other ones. I firmly resolved that I should be doing something which I never did till date. This might seem a little weird an act to be done on one's birthday, but its quite necessary that I do. Its very essential that I pay a tribute to all my friends who've been everything to me. I'd love to dedicate this post of mine , to those six jewels who were always with me through thick and thin. In this world which is forever permeated with a stench of selfishness and envy, it's only these friends of mine , who always wish that I ride the elevator to the floor of success.

These six people comprise two of my school mates( Aashu and Praveen), my cousin 'Sowmya'(she is more of a friend than a cousin), this guy 'cnu ' ,whom I unfortunately( :D :D )met in my intermediate( bears a great resemblance to me , we share the same birthday too !!! ), Divya ( the best gift which my engineering bestowed on me) and that very special jewel, who was there for a short time, but had always acted as a sponge, absorbing all my petty little inconveniences with immense forbearance.

These are the people whose company pumps my energy levels to the summit at a breakneck pace. I reside in this small but beautiful world with immeasurably high spirits, with no fear of being bogged down and ofcourse with an unreasonable possessiveness about them.:) ;) Can anyone be luckier than me ?? Noooo... So a very jumbo thankyou to all those precious friends of mine. And a cute budday hug to cnu too :) :)