January... the beginning

.. and just like that we are down to the first weekend of the year. With did the previous year go? Well that’s something you can’t always say cause the year made it presence felt, a roller coaster ride of highs and lows, leaving you totally exhilarated, leaving you screaming in fear. But now the year is gone, another change of calendar required, resetting it to the beginning. And just like that Christmas has come and soon it will be time to bring down the Christmas tree, pack it away the decorations and ornaments, for another year till it’s Christmas once again.

So the new year, or I should say eve of the new year, kicked off on the blandest possible note, of going to bed way before the clock struck twelve. I think bland and boring is sure become my thing, after all what do the lonely hearts do for new year, if they aren’t viewing the telly, which sadly show some pathetic award shows and programs, they just go to bed by themselves, all alone with no one to kiss as the year turns, hoping for some companionship. They say what you do on the midnight of the 31st, you will do it for the rest of the year, but then you’re hell bent on proving this theory wrong, and the very next day you do succeed in disproving it.

However, the first day of the new year brought with it 365 days of promises (it’s not a leap year right?), giving you a chance of a do over. And things picked up steam (literally) from the start of the day. The first lesson your learnt is you never run in a vest, in the park, when the temperature is freezing 9 degrees in the park (that’s pretty chilly for us Mumbaikars). But then there’s mileage to complete (even when you’re tapering) cause TMM is looming in the horizon.

The evening brings a celebration of a union and a chance encounter which turned the year on its head, a series of memorable encounters, a hope of a start of something special, something new, making you glad you took the chance, cause what followed was nothing short of being magically .

Well with memories made there’s another 364 days to live through. Not one to make resolutions, however, there are promises you made to yourself, promises you intend to keep. To learn to live little, learn to laugh a little, a freedom to dream a little more, to experience life a little more, to get yourself out of your head, a toxic place where you dwelled, to give life a chance, to take a chance on life, let it surprise you, let it take you on a ride. To become a lean, mean running machine (well not quite a machine, but something more fun), to stay healthy, fit, injury free and strong. To go further than you’ve ever gone before, to experience life the way it’s meant to be. To remove the bitterness that clouded the mind, that bitter taste you felt in your mouth, in your being, that left you feeling bad for yourself. To write a little more, letting your emotions flow into your words; to read a little more, and create visuals of the prose that you read. To take a chance, to meet, to greet, to start a conversation, even if it’s only over a cup of tea or coffee, to start something new, but never truly knowing where life will take you. To go with the flow never knowing what’s in store, never dwelling on what is to come, but living in the moment. Learning to smile a little more (actually, a lot more), to be kinder than you were before. You were good the last year, but now it’s time to be better. Not because you think you’re no good but because you know you will evolve and become better, a better version of yourself.

And although the year may have not gotten to the best of starts, there are still the rest of the year to turn it around. So never loose faith and believe, constantly moving onwards and forwards, growing and learning each day, to a better you, you ever knew.