That One Advice I would Give My Younger Self

Count down for the long week end had already trickled in. The pulse of the moment echoed that I wished to return to the nest faster than ever. It was going to be a choc-a-block traffic on the roads soon. Wished to avoid those frantic negotiations with the vehicles moving bumper to bumper. As I was about to take a right turn, out of practice, far more mechanically, I zoomed into the right side view mirror. The car being new, words printed on it stood out prominently... 

"Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear"

And they really do! At times, specially when you are round that tricky bend or may be the tricky snap shot of the memory, objects, people and situations are too close than we can comprehend. 

The things are clearer in the hindsight whether on road or in life!

Right then, in my side view mirror, I could see a petite girl in the shabby clothes with a contrasting delightful smile... she was selling roses! Her hair was anything but unruly. She was not at all bothered about her looks. She was as happy as the roses in her clutches. That fetched me closer to my dear self just few decades young. Was I not the same carefree, energetic, bubbly girl as the one in the side view mirror? Before I could wink, I already had migrated to the Eastman colored era... era of childhood!

I saw a young girl with twinkling eyes. She was just ready to undertake anything that fancied her imagination. There was not an iota of fear. There was not a single strand of the thought about "who will say what". She was existing and not just living! 

She was absorbing every knowledge that came her way, either out of the her failures or out of success! She just was happy in trying out. The joy, for her, really seemed along the road and not at the end. She was not confined by the stereotypes of being classified as a girl and not a boy. For her gender was only a topic in grammar. 

Neither the past haunted her nor the future daunted her. She was living in the "Present".

My older self, over the years had forgotten to live the life on own terms. It had become monochromatic. Growing over the years had taken away the spark and the charm quite stealthily.  I wished to whisper, just one advice, in the ears of my younger self ..."It is impossible to go through life unscathed. Nobody or no situation is worth stressing over. People and situations come and go. Just move on and discover yourself. Be yourself. Life ahead is fabulous!" 

----By MocktailMommy Anagha

 This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.

*Pictures courtesy Pixabay