Changes

Nothing has changed much. Not regarding problems in life.

High school was a rocky time. It was filled with insecurities and doubts. College days were much better. There were other issues at hand. Finishing requirements, passing grades, surviving exams. Worries about tuition fees, allowances, other expenses added up to the complexity of interactions with other students and friends who are battling their own hang-ups in life. Enter the corporate world and it’s the same. Get the hang of working with different personalities. Do your best while trying to dislodge the tentacles of those who want to pull you down. Now you worry about career growth, taking care of your parents, assuring your future, etc.

But something else has changed. The way problems are being handled. Much younger, shoulders were weighed down by the world. Brooded over life. It was not a happy childhood in the truest sense of the world. A bit older, life was still sad. College days were better when to the fold one has returned.

And now, most of the time, freedom is more present. Learned to be more and more flexible. For it is true, problems come, problems go. There are good days and there are bad days. These cannot be controlled but reactions to them can be. Learned to accept that these things happen. To test. To strengthen. To prepare for the next chapter.

Still, wishes remain that there won’t be any when turning another corner.