on letting go.....

We, as humans, are strange creatures. We forget that we cannot protect and shelter those people we care for most, always. We cannot be there for them forever. We cannot decide for them. Play God for them. It is best to let go when the one you care about is ready to take the leap. That maybe you kid, your younger sibling, anyone....Let go is the buzz word. Stop trying to be the destiny maker. Let them follow their dream. Just be there for them if they stumble and need your help to steady themselves.

Leaving you with a poster of the amazing Walt Disney movie, "Finding Nemo"...





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Now playing: Antaragni - i still ove you
http://foxytunes.com/artist/antaragni/track/i+still+ove+you

.....on growing up

Was talking to Daffodils today....yes the same Daffodils with whom I keep fighting....we do have our shared sibling moments also [:p]...anyway...and that got me thinking....why do we always dread change?...why do we want to cling to the existing present?....here we were just a little over 18 months ago introduced to this place and we longed to go back....and now when we shall actually go back....some part is looking forward to going back...but then there is that little part which doesn't want to let go....wants to remain a child....but I think that aging gracefully is more important...

30 days

Well Ensemble'08 ended in a grand note. The last college fest that I shall be involved in. It also marks the beginning of the end of XL life. Some 30 odd days to go. Nothing happening in the campus. Lateral offers that were pouring in at the beginning of the year are now down to a trickle again. The usual gyaan giving sessions are on. Surprising how two years in a B school makes you so knowledgeable about life. XL in many ways is a microcosm of the entire world. You meet many different kinds of people here, from different walks of life, specialized in different fields of education....and then it hits you...that education is not the only thing that makes the people on the top tick....it calls for something else....and that something is found in the corridors of XL, in the mess, in the hostels in JLT....If RIT made a man out of a boy, XL added the finishing touches and in more than one way made me ready to go out and take on the world...here is to the last few days in this wonderful place, to some of the most wonderful people I met here, to the long lost younger sibling I found here.....