Exactly one year ago - on this very day a group of 5 girlfriends met at a quiet townhome in north georgia. They were celebrating the first step that I had taken on a long journey - a journey that I had been preparing for a very long time but that had just begun to unfold.
Brownies and dominos provided us food for thought and the slight rain was some good background music.
To tell the truth, I was scared out of my mind. I was about to change everything that I had spent so long putting into place and life without my friends - seemed impossible. But I have always been lucky - my friends were my anchors. They were determined to be optimistic about everything and somewhere in my heart - I had my mind made up.
Its been a year since that day - but I remember it vividly. I remember our laughter, Dawn saying "it depends" and Faiza shaking her head in disbelief at hindi movies ..Beatrix saying that she had seen 3 reruns of a SRK movie on a flight back home and Elizabeth smiling at me.
All I have to do is close my eyes and the entire evening flashes by in slow motion.
If we had known that the year that followed was going to alter life so dramatically - maybe our soiree would have lasted a bit longer, maybe we would have had more wine , or maybe we would have been a bit sombre.
Thats the funny thing about life. It changes in a heartbeat. Some of our decisions had been made a long time ago and others unraveled in the year that followed. I can safely say that all of us thought we were going to go through the year ... but the cards dealt demanded that we all grow through the year.
If I stop back and think about the cumulative change that occurred in our mutual 5 lives in the last 365 days - I have to take a deep breath. ..and the funny thing is .. it make me smile in a way that brings tears to my eyes.. because even though we are changing so much - and almost becoming different people - I know inside my heart that things only change upto a point.
And beyond that point - whether we are in different cities , countries or continents - all that matters is that we look back at that evening with wonder and look ahead with hope and carry the voice of reason in our hearts and know that by chance or by choice , our paths are meant to cross yet again.
Thank God I have enough.
2 comments:
Change is scary sometimes. But stagnation is worse. I sincerely believe that at the end of it all, every chance taken, its always worth the while. :)
Cheers to making new memories and cherishing the old ones.
-RM
They say that lifes a carousel spinning fast, you've got to ride it well.
You rightly said that "by chance or by choice , our paths are meant to cross yet again."
Cheers!!!
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