Learning.

Is learning that cribbing is not a solution.
That it is not an option even.
Is learning that fears are meant to be faced, straight and square.
That sharing them doesnt make them go away.
Is learning that your fears are yours alone.
To each, his own.

Is learning that an island of serenity can exist amid an ocean of turbulence.
That it is a splendour that cant fade.

In the meanwhile, I have stocked upon books and novels, to keep myself amused.  Classics included.

Profound. Poignant.

So the all important interview is up in three days. But, without having anything to do with the interview, it is a profoundly emotional time for me right now.

My father retired from service yesterday. Three decades of judicial service. Born in very humble surroundings, he is a self made man, who worked all his way up from scratch. Thankfully by then school education was allowed for all children, a privilege his own dad did not have! He studied in a government school, learned his lessons at home without the benefit of an electric lamp, ran a tutorial college for funding his own college studies, became a lawyer, started with Rs.10 as his fees, and rose upto the Highest Court in the State, a Constitutional authority, all by himself - without any so called god fathers anywhere in the field.

Delivering his farewell speech yesterday, taking this trip down his memory lane, he was overcome by emotion, so was I.

You are my true hero, Dad. Always. Forever.

Status quo

Happy. Sad. Normal. Abnormal. Optimistic. Apprehensive. Hopeful. Confused. Lazy. Hopeful. Positive. Anxious. Irritable. Irritated. Happy. Green tea. Yellow covers. Speed posts. Mails and texts that dont come. Chats. Google hang outs. Court rooms. Corridors. Long talks. Yoga. Yoga mats. Moisturizers. Sarees. Cotton white sarees. Hating it. Loving it. Music. Airplanes. Paper planes. Flight. Fright. Fight. Misunderstandings. Communication gaps. Prizes. Third prizes. Globalisation. Mocking. Eating. Cooking. Growing. Farming. Writing. Reading. Staying happy. Shutting up. Making others shut up. Contemplating. Arguing. Learning to speak less. Speaking more. Gaining traction. Tractioning gains. Blogging. Sleepyheads. Off to sleep. Love you world. Eternally happy to be here!