Friday, February 18, 2011

This too, shall pass..

Disclaimer: This is a hard core philosophical and personal post. Stay away if you like neither. Don't post hate comments saying I wasted your time. I am warning you in advance.

Time flies, so they say! Some days seem longer than they are, while others you wish they would become longer. Such is life. I vaguely remember when I wrote my first post. It was almost two years back. Now two years have passed, with so much changed and unchanged!

My first post was a very personal one. When I started blogging, I thought nobody would read me. I didn't give my blog link to anybody as I knew I wrote rubbish. After writing 7 odd posts, I realized that two people followed my blog and one of them even left comments. That's when I became aware that my blog is not a private space. Making it private was an option, but I wanted to experiment with my writing skills (!!!).

So it started - a journey of blogging. Of reading and writing blogs. Of experimenting with words. And styles. In the journey, I made many friends and enemies (yes, some DO take blogging seriously!). I even saw peak in case of blogging, though it was a pretty small one for me. There was a time when I got an average of 35-40 comments on each of my posts. Slowly it started declining. Now rarely anybody reads me. I am not that regular too when it comes to posting. Many people I used to read regularly have stopped writing too or are as irregular as me!

But haven't I repeated these things earlier too? Yes, today is one of those days when you think of the past memories and want to go back there. It's one of those days when you think what have you done to see this day. But the next day again takes you by surprise. Life is full of surprises. Things happen at a time you are least expecting and don't happen when you are waiting desperately for them to happen. That's life, and it moves on, so does the time. But when you are at it, it seems as if the time has stopped.

Too much of philosophy already in one post! My my! I remember writing a post on this. I was not very philosophical. I never even liked to read much of philosophy. But time changes everything. It has changed me too, I don't know for good or bad, that time will tell. But the only thing constant in life is change.

Yes, you guess it right. Days are tough, but I am blessed with wonderful people around me who keep me going. They do everything in their power to support me, to cheer me up and face the challenges. It helps a lot when you know you have support. It gives you strength to face the tough time. And as they say, it is a phase, and it shall pass. 

Thus the wait continues. For this time to pass and the new time to begin. A hope for a better time tomorrow. A hope that keeps me, you, all of us going.

18 comments:

  1. Yeh Saali Zindagi !!

    Cheers mate :)

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  2. Kinda cant believe u wrote this! hmm I guess we just make up opinions about ppl and forget they r humans too! It really was touching.. specially 2wards the end... it always helps to have the support of ppl so that u can keep things going..

    cheers to friends and cheers to life(even if it sucks most of the times)

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  3. Very honest post it is.
    I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU ALMOST FROM THE TIME YOU STARTED BLOGGING AND YOU HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT.
    I GET A FEELING THAT A LOT OF BLOGGERS HAVE MOVED TO MICRO BLOGGING AT TWITTER AND HENCE REDUCED THE FREQUENCY OF THEIR PUBLISH HERE.
    IT WILL ALSO CHANGE--IT WILL ALSO PASS

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  4. The three words from Vivek's comment above aptly sums up life!!
    They say, life is like riding an elevator. It has a lot of ups and downs and someone is always pushing your buttons. Sometimes you get the shaft, but what really bothers you are the jerks.
    Inspite all that, stay calm, stay focussed and as you say, this time too shall pass!
    Take care and smile!
    Love and Hugs! :))

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  5. Neha's needs a battery recharge.
    Holiday required.A picnic can do.
    Write abt the holiday soon.

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  6. The apt phrase here is "this too shall pass" and another phase will come :)

    So cheers and keep facing each day as it comes and yes with zero expectations :)

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  7. You don't change with time, you evolve. You become a better person in process. You learn with each step in life and move on to new experiences.

    You too have evolved as a person and as a blogger. And fret not, those who really love you will be there with you and for you, no matter how high or low the tide :)

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  8. I'm one of those irregular bloggers. I always wonder how regular bloggers manage to post almost every other day when I'm stuggling to come up with even 1 post a month of late (busy, busy...yeah same lame excuse:P).
    Yup, we all change with time - It's part of the growing up! Just do & be what you like to do & be. People who know you and matter to you will stick by you, no matter what. The rest are just passers-by, nothing more, nothing less!

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  9. A king asked the wazir what are those words when you read in happiness it brings sad and when you read in sadness it bring happy mood..

    The wazir said.. Yeh waqt gujar jayegaa...

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  10. A king asked the wazir what are those words when you read in happiness it brings sad and when you read in sadness it bring happy mood..

    The wazir said.. Yeh waqt gujar jayegaa...

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  11. Hugs :)

    No more; this is all it takes and everything is temporary. this too shall pass.

    Cheers!

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  12. I remember your blogs premier days . :) congrats on two years di :) love you . You are among the very few people i really adore but haven met yet . I guess its just you and two more people. Love ya . Take care . Keep blogging. We stil read you

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  13. i read a lot of blogs but hardly ever leave a comment.

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  14. You will come out stronger and better !

    Love,
    Sravs

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  15. I am one of those bloggers that don't blog so often these days. I am struggling with tendonitis and right now I am going through one of the hardest phases of my life...but I guess, that is life ...

    Like you say: This too shall pass:)

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  16. I guess it happens to all....i too started writing, went too serious about it, then lost interest and moved on...Guess life to is like that. I read blogs on my google reader, though i dont comment out of laziness...I dont think i will ever become a writer( i dont wanna be one), though i think writing is fun....TC

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  17. To write, or not to write, that is the question!

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  18. I read this somewhere-

    Life would be perfect if:
    1. some girls had mute buttons,
    2. guys had edit buttons
    3. bad times had fast forward buttons
    4. good times had pause buttons :)

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