There was a time I could fit into those socks!
“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.”
― Virginia Woolf
So,here I am with my very first blog. :)
I am a class 10 student in India, and class 10 is a very big deal here. I spend a considerable amount of my time thinking about my past, my present and about my future,but mostly about my future. My career, my upcoming life. Recently, during my Annual Day practices at school, while watching the tiny tots dance their way through, it finally struck me.As their tiny socks stuck to their tiny little feet, I wondered whether I could ever be able to fit into those little pair of socks again. Funny though as it may sound, I wanted to pull those socks up to my, now feet.It is really odd to see myself grow so quickly. Really hard to let in. But ultimately I would have to accept it. I definitely don't want to grow up, not because I fear responsibility, but because I fear the loss of innocence.
This was probably the first time in months that I looked back at past, trying to recall myself as a child. I was always a very cheerful child, at least that's what I have been told by my parents for ages now.I loved dancing and singing in the rain.I had loads of time for letting my imagination expand. Make up stories, share them , hear a few. Now, it's all pretty much schemed. This sudden twist of life, was slightly misleading. I gradually grew accustomed to it, but it took its own time. Growing up is a very sudden process. You are sitting in the sun, enjoying a great picnic with yours friends, and POOF! suddenly its all gone. You hardly have time for anyone else other than yourself. Your childhood, gone in a second. People start expecting you to do stuff, you never thought as a child you would be doing.
Though, the transitional phase might be difficult, but over the time I have enjoyed growing. The experience itself is a great adventure. Sure, there lies a rough patch, but life ain't no bed of roses. You have to move on. You have to adapt yourself to the present. No matter how much you tend to miss your childhood innocence, you have to learn to enjoy your teen phase as well. Enjoy the journey, and live through it. Sometimes you have to let go, no matter how much you're going to miss it. Personally, I too was confused, but now life seems more beautiful to me than what I did before. You have to learn to love life, rather than sulking about it.
.Photographs play an integral role in this. Looking back at the past, as you flip through the pages of your photo album, you refresh your memories. They always bring a smile to your face, no matter the millionth time to flip through that album. As you look back, you realize that there always lies hope.You realize that there was a time when could smile at the sun, act funny with your pals and laze around on the beach and do whatever you wanted to do.But you also realize that that was not long before.You still can do all that, if only you believe that you can do so.
I realized that despite the fact that you grow old, since that's what life is meant to be, you always have that tiny embers of innocence buried somewhere in you, which shall never die out. You don't know where it is, but it is there, and you live your life on. :)
When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.”
― Virginia Woolf
So,here I am with my very first blog. :)
I am a class 10 student in India, and class 10 is a very big deal here. I spend a considerable amount of my time thinking about my past, my present and about my future,but mostly about my future. My career, my upcoming life. Recently, during my Annual Day practices at school, while watching the tiny tots dance their way through, it finally struck me.As their tiny socks stuck to their tiny little feet, I wondered whether I could ever be able to fit into those little pair of socks again. Funny though as it may sound, I wanted to pull those socks up to my, now feet.It is really odd to see myself grow so quickly. Really hard to let in. But ultimately I would have to accept it. I definitely don't want to grow up, not because I fear responsibility, but because I fear the loss of innocence.
This was probably the first time in months that I looked back at past, trying to recall myself as a child. I was always a very cheerful child, at least that's what I have been told by my parents for ages now.I loved dancing and singing in the rain.I had loads of time for letting my imagination expand. Make up stories, share them , hear a few. Now, it's all pretty much schemed. This sudden twist of life, was slightly misleading. I gradually grew accustomed to it, but it took its own time. Growing up is a very sudden process. You are sitting in the sun, enjoying a great picnic with yours friends, and POOF! suddenly its all gone. You hardly have time for anyone else other than yourself. Your childhood, gone in a second. People start expecting you to do stuff, you never thought as a child you would be doing.
Though, the transitional phase might be difficult, but over the time I have enjoyed growing. The experience itself is a great adventure. Sure, there lies a rough patch, but life ain't no bed of roses. You have to move on. You have to adapt yourself to the present. No matter how much you tend to miss your childhood innocence, you have to learn to enjoy your teen phase as well. Enjoy the journey, and live through it. Sometimes you have to let go, no matter how much you're going to miss it. Personally, I too was confused, but now life seems more beautiful to me than what I did before. You have to learn to love life, rather than sulking about it.
.Photographs play an integral role in this. Looking back at the past, as you flip through the pages of your photo album, you refresh your memories. They always bring a smile to your face, no matter the millionth time to flip through that album. As you look back, you realize that there always lies hope.You realize that there was a time when could smile at the sun, act funny with your pals and laze around on the beach and do whatever you wanted to do.But you also realize that that was not long before.You still can do all that, if only you believe that you can do so.
I realized that despite the fact that you grow old, since that's what life is meant to be, you always have that tiny embers of innocence buried somewhere in you, which shall never die out. You don't know where it is, but it is there, and you live your life on. :)
When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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