Life is a journey and the people we meet in its different stops will affect us in a way or another, but will they stick around long enough for their effect to last long? No, most probably they won’t. We will have to carry on with our lives, holding dearly to us the lesson we learnt- and most of the time, we rarely remember the teacher of the lesson.

During my university days I met a lot of people, who I tagged as colleagues, friends, “nice to meet you” type of people and lovers too. To my surprise- none of these are with me now. None of them exist in my life. I think about it and I ask my self “was it me? Am I the wrong end of the equation?”

To change this situation and to test different theories, I convinced my self that I should be more open and give others without expecting a return. The result was much worse; I gave and gave and in return I was used so bad that I decided to go bad- the other extreme. Hence, no more friends, and business is business- I don’t need friends in my life and I don’t need help from others. I liked it that way; I thought my life will be quieter and smooth that way. I don’t have to answer calls, I don’t have to go out with people I barley know or like, I don’t have to be put in all sort of embarrassing situations!

But, again, I discovered that only animals can live on their own, and not all of the animals can do that either. I found my self- after a while- looking for company and for someone to share my ideas and thoughts with, someone who is not a family member. I guess it is in our nature to look for comfort outside the family frame as we need someone who can listen, someone who stands on a mutual ground and will give us an advice without yelling or screaming at us or at least, someone who will never blame us for being such a nut head and who will never say “I told you”!!!

Very weird-huh! Life is a rollercoaster; what you think is right turns out to be very wrong most of the time and there is never a black and white situation- gray is the master. Expect to be confused when it comes to judging characters; only life experience and gut feeling can guide you around. I learnt to be only “me” and the rest can be decided depending on the situation.