At 17, I was naive, thought I had the world figured out and people and a lot more judgmental in all honesty and didn't have the faintest idea about where or what I wanted to do in life.
Alhumodlillah, few years down the line, I've finally figured out what to do in life. Still can't figure out some people and less judgmental * and don't know what I'll be doing once I'm done with uni but that's the joy.*
at 17
- I was skinny
- I used to believe when you call someone "friend" then he is a friend
- Every girl was important for me .. :p
- And i was so good at Tekken and King of Fighters arcade competitions .. :p
I have traveled a great journey in past few years.
I walked from being very happy and unaware to -- grieved and aware -- to very happy and very aware.
Now I walk side by side with the grief, the sorrow, the darkness, the evil, the false .. without being impacted by it.
There is a threshold for pain, when one reaches that threshold, then he/she breaks the barrier, and rise Above the pain. And the person is then content and complete, with the cherry of compassion on top.
I was a simpleton and an idiot. Time has taught me a lot but not all , I still make big mistakes.
I was the same. I am not kidding but when I was about that age, I had no idea how the actual marriage copulation works. I watched Satyam Sheyom Sundaram and another friend of mine was like 'did you see that scene where zeenat aman was taking bath under the water fall' and I did remember that scene but had no idea what was so good about that.
Back in my days, people were (at least I was) not so crazy about bollywood movies that we had to watch them the year the were released in. And by the ways, what is wrong with being 49