Such is life....!!

Disclaimer:This post is the product of a certain family function where I had the honour of meeting long forgotten relatives each of whom politely inquired about how I am doing (read "beta what r u studying? which college? what r u gonna study in d future?"etc etc....!)...well this post is dedicated to all my relatives who time and again reminded me of the various stages in my life so far...also not all are what I done,some count as the ones I have to put up with!

          Well,for starters, i wont bore you with my life story because it ain't that impressive or interesting to be posted...so lets get on...I'd rather share the stages which probably many of you'll will identify with....if you can't then u are (un)lucky!!!

            The stages which I am referring to are actually phases that teach us alot...like the stage when I shifted to Mumbai from Pune..I had to adjust to the Mumbai-style of living, the lingo,the bus and train travelling,and most of all the people...I still remember the first day in VESIT,I was sorta lost...didn't know anyone around and otherwise everyone seemed to know each other...felt really out of place,but then slowly but surely things fell into place...

            The next stage is after you get a group of friends you hang out...have fun...crack jokes all day long...spend almost all of your time with them...and its hassel free...because u just know them,not too well though...so the stage where you tease each other and make fun of each other innocenlty and all...sadly this phase comes with an expiry date...slowly you have to come to terms with the things that initially never hurt anyone but post-expiry date the same silly things lead to unnecessary misunderstandings....call it side effects of taking the pill once you know it is ineffective..!

             Next up is the stage where you break the cucoon of your 'group'and meet new people in college...seniors and juniors alike...you develop a rapport with these people, start acknowledging their presence in college corridors and they also do the same...I wont lie its a nice feeling that some people know you in college...it helps you out in more than one ways...you get to meet new interesting people,make friends,get and give guidance,exchange thoughts and all....basically improves your interaction with people -period!!!!

             Needless to say,after you are known by coupla people outside your 'group'of friends,you have to explain alot to ur friends....to think of it,they expect an explaination as to what sorta  interaction you have with these new folks...you are suspected of many things like going around with certain XYZ person,sucking upto some person fr some favours,or creating a sect of followers and god knows what...and you still have to stick up with these people as  they are supposedly your 'friends'....i mean nothing can infuriate a person more...its seriously humiliating...then come those so called 'clearing sessions'where in you clear out stuff and patch up....its helpful,no doubt...but overdose of it can lead to mental disturbance....!!

             Then comes the times when you move on...decide your focus in life....work towards it....as if its the only thing in life...in the process you disturb one too many things...There are times when you realise that you are either way too focussed or way too out of place...just because your priorities are different and you are a no fuss person, you are looked down upon...If you are the kind of person who believes in gaining experience then no matter what you do you can learn from it...you need not obsess about a certain thing and impose it upon others...

              Ofcourse,in due time,you learn to move on...the whole 'moving on 'phase goes on in the background...move on from failure to achieve a certain grade,move on from things that bother you,move on from people you shared a rapport with and suddenly you behave like complete strangers,move on from the fact that you have lesser things in common with a certain people than you thought you had,move on from the public humiliations,move on from sore relations,move on from attachments with a certain body of work.....you just have to move on.....you have no other option....holding onto such things is stupidity because it just hurts you more than anything....so might as well let it go...atleast it'll hurt less and pass by...!

              Phew....too much to go through??Well not yet....there are loads of other stages which are specific to certain people....as this will cause the post to turn into great slumber material,I'll put an end to this stage!!! After all,without these stages,whats life???????