Self- Realization

“I don’t want to wear that stupid frock and dress up like a girl” I told my mom who had bought me a beautiful pink frock on my 12^th birthday. All my friends had come home with gifts for the birthday celebrations, but I was still in my ragged jeans and a T-shirt (I was comfortable wearing it though!).  As soon as I saw the cake, I realized that I would not get to eat the cake without wearing the frock and I quickly dressed up. The cake looked delicious. It was moist and fluffy. I quickly counted the number of people who had come to the party and I felt so bad that I would get only 2 pieces of cake! That day, I realized that wearing a frock and dressing up like a girl didn't bother me at all. In fact, the only thing that had actually bothered me was the mere thought itself of dressing up bothering me! Today whenever I step out of the house I make sure that I am dressed well. I love dressing up because I feel confident and its fun! I think each and every girl deserves to feel fabulous.

I remember an incident when I picked up a big fight with a bus conductor. There was an important function at my native and I was given the responsibility of getting a set of relatives from the bus station to my house. On the way back home, I saw that the few seats in bus which are usually reserved for ladies, was occupied by some young lads. I straight away went up to them asked them if they could leave the seat to my relative who was quite old! Unfortunately, the young lads got offended and started fighting with me while the bus conductor also stated that the rules apparently applied only in Bangalore and not in the villages! Additionally, the people whom I was fighting for didn't bother to appreciate the fact that I was fighting for them! When you have made up your mind not to follow the rule then why make one?!! I realized that from now on, I should take matters forward only after consulting the person in the picture.

Schooling is that phase in life which you can never forget. The only reason I can’t forget my school days is because of my FRIENDS. We would volunteer for all possible programmes or register to all the sport events in school in order to be together. It’s been 8 years but still the memories are fresh. How much ever time or distance separates us we get together and laugh about the same stupid things that only we guys find it funny. My friend Amulya and I used to read all the detective novels and we used to pretend we were Sherlock Holmes! People used to call us soul sisters. Today I think Amulya, Navya, Nikki and I share a special bond and I know that we are the only people who could talk about how our other high school classmates turned out.

 I was an ‘out’-standing student in my schooling days! I think I was the only girl to stand out of the class almost every day!  When the teacher asked me to go out of the class I used to feel so happy that I could see the birds fluttering their wings and the leaves withering off the trees during spring! I remember there was a beautiful squirrel which would walk along the corridors of the school and I would offer it peppermints. It would to take it and quickly whisk away! It was a habit everyday and whenever I used to sit inside the class I don’t remember if the squirrel would come searching for me or the peppermints. Ahhh I miss being an ‘out’-standing student!

My mom would always tell me that cooking is an art and it takes years of practice to master it! I used to make fun of her! Once my relatives had come home for a cup of tea and they asked me if I knew how to prepare it. I had proudly said “NO” but then they started telling me that it’s every girl’s duty to learn to cook! I decided not to disappoint them and asked my mom to teach me ways to prepare a cup of tea. While my mother prepared the tea, I stood by the kitchen and observed her. After a while I started realizing that cooking is not an easy job! Cooking involves planning, timing and proper execution. It’s the most difficult, interesting and challenging job! All these days I had underestimated people who can cook but now I realize that cooking is more challenging than developing a piece of code and delivering it to the client!

From that day on I started having a budding interest in cooking and today I love to cook! Thanks to my mother for making me realize that!

As rightfully stated, “The only thing that remains constant in life is change”. This is one of my favorite quotes as it is the one that I always believe in! Why should anyone be afraid of change? Change is a positive curve in everyone’s life provided the change is from good to better. It makes you realize that how you have grown as a person. Realizing and embracing the changes only made me a better person!