Graduation!

So I finally graduated this evening and it was a touching and emotional evening. I shall remember this for ages to come, but I read somewhere that 'do not cry it is over, but be happy that it happened', so I pondered and wrote a little something...

Should I cry that it is all but finally over?

Or should I rejoice that it happened and I did it?

The one question that I really have on my mind, right now…

They often said graduation is one of the happiest days,

I don’t understand how can you say bye and be happy?

How can an end be the best part of the journey?

I really asked myself this evening as I sat waiting to be called upon,

Do I really want this journey to end?

The answer frightened me as much as it was an honest one,

And that the answer to the question was a clear no,

That I did not want to part away from all these people,

That I never felt like saying good bye to the life I have lived this past year,

So the question my heart is pondering upon this wonderful cold evening is,

Should I cry that it is all but finally over?

Or should I rejoice that it happened and I did it?

I came with nothing at all but myself to give and I leave with all these people,

I leave with their beliefs, their thoughts, their jokes, their dialogues, their poses,

The next time I shall be elsewhere, I will probably give the ‘_’ pose of someone,

And much as I shall smile in the photo, my heart shall weep of the memory it brings with it,

As a photographer, I can take photos and capture the moment forever in time,

But I can’t bring the moment back and that; that is a painful fact,

The fact that this time will not come back, nor will the one that passed by,

So with all the happiness and achievement this evening, I ask myself,

Should I cry that it is all but finally over?

Or should I rejoice that it happened and I did it?

I can cry that it is over, or smile that it happened, does not matter,

Because it is over; the time has gone and what I do now is less relevant,

So either ways won’t matter; but one thing I am very sure about is;

That I am going to miss every moment and I really mean every moment,

From the house parties to the lectures to the trips to the programs and events,

The photos I took to the ones I was in, the strangers that became friends,

The dude who turned out to be a brother from another mother and a ‘selfie’ partner,

To the one who couldn’t make it for the ceremony yet was a major part of the journey,

Every moment shall be missed of the journey which sadly had to end, today!!!

Peace!

Cheers!

Champ!

The ritual of life!!

One of the harshest realities of life is one of it's fundamental rituals as well; the meeting and parting of people. It is a bitter truth of life that no one can be ours forever, but does that mean we should never make someone ours or love someone with all the depth of our heart that exists? A tough question it is. If we see a hole in front of us, surely we won't walk on that road yet the path of love always has immense pain at the end of it yet we dare to walk it, and in fact joyously move forward...I simply wonder, why?! “It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love...”  - Michael Bassey Jonhson

I guess I myself have the answer to that question. The answer is simple; love is the most beautiful thing in this world and we all want to have a taste of happiness. Imagine waking up every morning knowing that somewhere in the world, regardless of the distance, someone really cares for us with all their heart...that we are in someone's thoughts and importantly, in their heart. Isn't it a good feeling? 

But then many a times, we all have that someone in front of us and we simply fail to recognize them. George Eliot said "Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love." Khalil Gibran shared a similar thought: "Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." It is true what they say then that we only realize the value of something/someone once we lose it. It is one of the saddest realities of life that we need to change. Valuing something that is around should be an aspect of our personalities.

I am a traveler and as they say about travelers, we understand and are used to the pain of parting from people but what no one says is that it is not easy ever for us to part from someone regardless of how many people have come in our lives and left. Every time I part from someone, it hurts and a little part of me goes with them. Raymond Chandler in the 'The long goodbye' says "to say goodbye, is to die a little." Trust me, it isn't easy. There are times when we feel the connection with someone and we want to be close to them as a friend, get to know them more but then a time comes and you knew it was coming but you aren't ready to accept it, and that is the time to say goodbye! Adding to the sadness is the fact that when it is time to say goodbye, is the time when you start to open up to that person. It hurts doesn't it? TOTALLY DOES!!

Finally, I would like to say to the few probably who read my blog that, life is very short and we must not take it for granted. You have someone you love, someone you appreciate, someone your eyes keep searching for day in and day out, someone who makes you laugh despite all your pain, someone who is the star shining you life with all the darkness in it, someone who you think of silently at night with a slow love song in the background; then go and tell them how you feel, say the I love you; just say it. It is very hard and no one will know this more than I do but make that effort. It will save a lot of regret that will follow if you don't! 
On this note, I would like to end with one of my most favorite quotes. The line that makes so much sense yet it is one of the most hardest things to do.

"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were" - Khalil Gibran

Cheers!
Peace!
Champ!

The feeling!!

My favorite poet once wrote: "One can love someone else after loving someone countless times, but to love someone more than yourself happens once only".

Most of us find love and let it go like just another simple thing but only the wise understand; sorry only the hearts understand that love is the most extra ordinary thing in this world. We can never find meaning in and of life alone. The Almighty never left gaps between fingers without a reason. I believe someday somewhere, someone's fingers will fit in perfectly and the soul shall meet the soul. At least once in our life, we all have such a someone walk in but whether to move forward towards them, accept them or decide not to is completely upon us. Many of us fail to find love because our hearts are tamed. We do not have the ability to trust people, to overcome our fear of getting hurt; and with a tamed heart, we simply can't love. We simply can not love!!

Two days back I went with my friends to watch a Bollywood movie. I had great expectations from this movie but it didn't turn out to be that good but none the less, the movie touched me especially it's songs. Many a times I live in denial of a fact that will remain a fact until the end of this world; and that is when we have someone in our lives we love, someone who cares for us, someone who makes us feel the luckiest person on this planet; life becomes much more beautiful than we can ever imagine and the fact is; we all need such a someone. This movie just brought up that desire!!

I conclude this short "really nothing" article with a quote by Khalil Gibran, that sums up true love for me:

“You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

Cheers!

Peace!

Champ!