It's been a year .
on this same date, I opened myself to a whole new world .......of life and blogging.
I had to write something about this journey of one year,online and offline,to celebrate its anniversary .I couldnt come up with a better way than dedicating the past year to the people I met,online and offline,to the books I read ,(Tao of Physics,Delirious Delhi,Memoirs of a Geisha ),to the new movies/series that I watched and the old ones that I rewatched,to the experiences I had,to being open to change,to the new feelings I felt and the old feelings that I refelt,to love,to discovering stuff,to doing new things,to learning new stuff.
"I fell into a sound sleep and dreamed that I was at a banquet back in Gion ,talking with an elderly man who was explaining to me that his wife,whom he cared dearly for,wasnt really dead,after all because the pleasure of the time they spend together lived on inside him. While he spoke I drank from a bowl of the most extraordinary bowl of soup I'd ever tasted;every briny sip was a kind of ecstasy.I felt as though all the people I had come to known who had died or left me had not gone.They continued to live on inside me,just as the man's wife lived on inside him.I felt as though I was drinking them all in ...." - from Memoirs of Geisha
Before my online world,blogging ,my real world was in a disarray.And now I cannot wait to get back to having lunch in a warm cosy bed,taking in the aroma of the food and the sound of the music or talking with my family or calling my real life college buddy.
"Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters." -from The Tao of Physics
Virtual friends,life is just a reflection of real life,never confuse the two.
so, go make that call to your childhood friend that you've been thinking of or have a leisurely stroll with the nature or plan a family sunday brunch on your house garden.Do whatever you need to do ,but dont spend more time than necessary in things that are only virtual.
Also,be Open to Change :
try out different genres of movies,books; Be open to different viewpoints.Talk to people.Make that small talk or a "hello" to a stranger you come across while waiting in the queue or while gyming. Make mistakes.Take risks.Be willing to let go of your past and embrace the present.
Life is in constant breathing motion,it is changing all the time.Our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean.Nothing lasts permanently.
.........somewhere ,sometime you will find sunshine.
