I believe I can fly

World over - people travel and hike to see flocks of migrating birds. Whether its Flamingos, Herons, Siberian Cranes..much has been written and photographed about flocks of wings that travel many thousands of miles, across time zones, countries, continents, seven seas and all that.

Thank God, there is no INS and visa issuance for Pink Footed Geese.

Above all, Migration is an act of survival.

You've just got to do it.

The crazy thing is - when you're leaving one place and going to another, spanning that much of a distance, its not possible to bring everything with you.

Your friends for one..

Your job for another....

Your way of life ..if we're still reading this..

Theres always parts of us that we leave behind. And its always not possible to abandon things that we want to either.

We carry with us our same dreams, our fears ..and maybe end up making the same mistakes in the new place too.

Until its time to take off once again.

The funny thing is ..that even though so much changes in our lives, seemingly so to the external world, so much remains unchanged. We;re not able to doctor change in certain parts of our lives no matter how hard we try. Change of place, Change of mindset, Change of viewpoint, Change of heart even..

For some of us, This manifests itself in a frustrating career situation that we're not able to alter..for others its a relationship gone askew...or the lack of one...for many ..its the lack of a purpose..and so we lie awake at night trying to figure out what needs to change ..so that this aspect of our life may change.

A Change that will induce Change.

Its fuel for many tears, many gloomy blog posts, many discussions over coffee and many conspiratory plots hatched within the fragile walls of our rooms and hearts.

Its exhausting and energizing and chilling and hope giving.

All at the same time.

A Long Island Ice tea diced with emotional lemons.

But the truth is that like someone said ..when you are through with change ..you are through.

You've just got to believe that you can fly...and rise above things than keep you down.

So you've got to take a deep breath and keep at it.

And so I do.

Amen.