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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

14 comments:

  1. Very true . Live ur life , not ohers is the key to happiness . You have shown mirror to everyone !

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    1. Thank you Milind for visiting and sharing your views!

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  2. Excellent reminder to live life in the now .Only thing that's real and tangible

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    1. Power of now is so immense but we tend to overlook it! As a child it came so naturally!
      Thanks Amrita for visiting us and sharing your views!

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  3. Lovely lesson for all of us, thank you for that reminder to live life in present, on our own terms.

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    1. Thank you Gayatri for visiting us. I am glad that you liked the content.

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  5. Yes, we were so happy as kids.Grown-up life is rough but you are right we should still try to smile for what we have!

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    1. You echoed my mind Sara. We must smile and absorb everyrhing as if its new! Thanks for visiting and sharing your views!

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  6. Very few of us lead life the way it should be these days. We are all part of a big rat race. So, it is very natural to be out of the race called 'live life'. Even childhood is also not as free as it was decades ago. Passing exams with good marks is the only agenda for a child.

    In the midst of all this chaos, living a life the way we want looks like a distant dream for me.

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    1. Rhank you for sharing your views. Agree that childhood of my age was far more carefree than what we get to see around. At the same time children today are far more aware and smart than how we used to be! So there is a bright side too!

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  7. walking on the road of adulthood, most of us have left behind our true selves. An important reminder to be who we are!

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    1. Isnt it ironical that we forget our true selves? But thankful at the same time that we are reminded of it from time and again by the forces of nature!
      Thank you Nibha for dropping by and sharing your views.

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  8. Beautiful reminder and such a wonderful thought to share with your younger self. Loved the last couple of lines of this lovely post. So true and so very apt to say to oneself on hindsight!

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