Same but Different |A new year, some new perspectives

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So it’s a new year! Not just since it’s twenty-oh-seven but mostly since I just “graduated” my first quarter-century on planet earth!

And all was maybe same as turning ten or sixteen or twenty-three but still, it was all so different! My first summerish B-day! Being back in India! Another B-day with Bogdan (and looking forward to many more to come ;))!

If I should define my turning 25, it should be: radically different perspective, pacified brains and a steady heart with a long-term view!

As for being in India at the time… it was a bit like being back in childhood places. It is the place where I had to be a child again 2 years back in order to grow up. It was the place where I’ve experienced the biggest challenges and the sweetest discoveries. And it’s the place where I’ve sworn to return time and time again. And so, I have not only kept my promise but also gave the place a bigger space within by offering the day, the one day within a year when I most reflect and cherish being born ;).

Back at home, there’s the bitter-sweet taste of the adventure still residing, along with a sublime sense of inner-peace! I have grown up some more and did my pilgrimage back to India, my personal Mecca, showing my gratitude for all that I have in life on Indian soil and unveiling some of India’s mysteries to my loved one!

And still home, while being randomly complimented on my eyes at a crossroad I remembered that while India taught me the ups and downs of being different by skin and standing out, it is here at home where no inborn feature labels my distinction that I have made a pledge of being different still. By who I am and what I am for loved ones. And most of all, by being one of a kind in the arms of my love ;)!

Here’s one more for a fresh new year and… India, thanks for making me and breaking me! And making me anew!