it was my birthday...

It was (x)th my birthday on 22nd October...don’t ask the value of x :P

One which deserves special mention because I felt very different from the Gunjan I was earlier.

In my entire (x-1) years on earth, I haven’t learnt as much as I did in the last one year. Life has changed...like for example now I can’t bear to be in my own house in Delhi for too long; I am ok being alone in my house in Bangalore; I am much more honest with my parents than I was before; I know what it is to be homeless in a new city; the person I used to love earlier and the person I like now are completely different people; I don’t feel hurt too easily now and much more.But apart from the things that have changed, there are a few things that I’ve learnt/unlearnt in the past year. Here’s the list:

• Whatever I believe I am today does not hold true till the time my beliefs are put to test on a real life situation
• Following my heart is the only thing that will keep me happy...nothing else
• I can get whatever I want; only my heart should be in it...but this does not hold true for people I might want
• Spending my energies on a few people who genuinely care for me is any day better than caring about too many that don’t
• True freedom lies in creativity
• All I do is for a little more love. Neither can I accept it, nor can I change it
• People make real difference to places...they can make me love or hate places, but I have no control over those very people...they will come in or go out of my life at their own free will
• Love will not stay forever, it doesn’t have to...and it will hurt

There is a lot more that I have which I can add to this list but for some, I am unable to put them into the right words and the rest, I’m still waiting for them to become concrete before they can be added to any such list.

I’d like to end this post with a wish...that I get to learn a lot more in the year ahead.