Life, interrupted

Life, interrupted
Sometimes a bitter pill,
Sometimes a sweet candy
Forever changing
Leading on
Like a child
Holding on
With an index finger
Thus we sail
Wave to wave
A high, a low
Washed ashore
Spent, displaced
But never back
To square one
Change, constant
Life, interrupted.

Eh, what gives? This past weekend, while I went bloghopping I ran into some posts that talked about life and its change of plans. How does one see oneself faring over a period of time? Did life go just as planned? Or totally on a tangent?

Thus this post.

Looking back, from this vantage point in time- what do I see?

Some dreams have come true, some never took off, some were never meant to be, some got replaced with better ones over time, some unexpected gains, some unforeseen losses- you win some, you lose some. Its said, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Yes, that, pretty much, is the essence of life. Many a time have I taken for granted what I have, many a time have I hoped miracles will work their way into making things happen and they havent, many a time have I been hopelessly defeated, many a time have I been pleasantly surpised, many a tourist destination languishes in my must-visit list- but all the time I have come to know that there are no gains without pains. Every significant event is part of the life force, the same force that which turns food into blood in our bodies, that which brings rains to parched lands, that which lets us know that everyday is a miracle and in this glory we all play a part in the magnum opus called life.

Its close to 10 years since I've moved to this country. 10 years wherein I've moved from NJ/NY to Atlanta to beautiful Virginia. I still remember the time, when I was an FOB, I worked at a financial firm right across from Radio City Music hall, 2 blocks away from Times Square. Then, I had no idea who the Rockettes were and held no amazement when I caught an impromptu street performance of the said wonders in summer to celebrate the reopening of Radio City Music Hall after a renovation. It was JA and JR, two of my coworkers , who dragged me outside so I wouldnt miss this once in a lifetime opportunity. The two girls were of Hispanic descent, so full of joie de vivre. They showed me a lot of things- right from the best places to eat in the Big Apple to bookstores to introducing me to the wonder called cheesecake. When I moved to Atlanta, I was heartbroken. But move I did and eventually over the years, I have lost touch with both of them.

This past weekend, as I was browsing through an HGTV show, I realised JR was on it. Yes!!! JR. I sat through the entire 30 mins of the show and still couldnt believe my eyes. But there she was! Amazing, isnt it?

So yes, from school to college to work life to the 10 years here, I have met many interesting people, learnt many interesting things including some very important life lessons, been to different places- all this and so much more. I wouldnt trade what I have now for anything I could ever have dreamed of for myself many moons ago. Inspite of everything- challenges, joys, sorrows, hopes, despair, anger, frustrations- inspite of it all.

"The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers. It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow. I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life. And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment."

~Rabindranath Tagore, from Gitanjali