When the end is near ....

Dec 1, 2013 

 11 months of 2013 gone....only 31 more days before we end yet another year. The end is definitely in sight!

 As I look back, this year has had its fair share of ups and downs - for me , atleast. But we human beings usually focus more on the not-so-good rather than the better times, so my initial thoughts were - its been a bad one, let it end soon! But then I remembered other things that were actually good and changed the flow of my thoughts, forcefully....

 Today, as we enter the last month of this year, I take a few moments to reflect on all that has happened throughout the year - some things broke my heart, some things made me feel truly blessed, some things I gathered with joy, some I let go with pleasure and some with pain... but it's all gone now and what I chose to do with all those memories is up to me.

 I chose to remember and focus on all those times when I have lived, laughed and loved.... I do not forget the rest, I just learn from them - to be stronger, wiser, more resilient.

 i feel this retrospection is important....more so when the end is near, because this is indeed a special moment. 

 You are almost done, but not quite....it is still in your power to change the course in the final lap, so that the memories that remain once it's over, are actually good ones. You still have time.

 Interestingly, the same applies for all our associations - our relationships..... sometimes Life forces you to change courses - you have to leave a job you quite liked, a place you set up base happily, let go of your kid to fly to greener pastures, bid adieu to a close friend who has to move away.. Life nudges you to move on... and there really isn't a choice there....

 In all such situations, when the "end" is near, it's important that we stop our grief, our sadness that is but natural and focus on making more and more good, happy memories.....while there still is time. 

 Too often we spend so much time lamenting during that phase, that we lose sight of the happiness we could have stolen from this critical juncture.

 So, dear Lord, please let me live these last few days of 2013 in a way that creates happy memories for the year going by....and let me look forward to the next chapter, not with cynicism or despair or even resignation.....but with renewed hope and faith! 

 Amen.

Comments

  1. Chatterjee R.30 November 2013 at 22:14

    Such positive thoughts!

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  2. Masooma1 December 2013 at 00:15

    Love reading ur blog... so true this year has its share of ups and downs... and as u put it that its up to us what we keep close to us and what we let go... Sharms keep writing and we love reading for sure... hugs.. Zoomy..

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  3. Shivam2 December 2013 at 02:42

    No doubt you write form ur inner strength , I loved this but why this negative attitude the title for this should have been " New is Near" , sorry just a suggestion


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  4. Unknown8 December 2013 at 15:51

    Well thought. However the dynamic world ruled by technology, makes a three month plan obsolete. Thus the reason for shift in goals. Anyway that's how it is. I think it is a lot do with fading of a generation and rise of another and the rapid evolving systems and methods around. At the end we still need to set plans and priorities.

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