It Opens at The Close

Tracing back to all that I have ever read, written, experienced, shared and encountered this one line has always been a cozy fit. If Harry Potter books gave me anything in life, it was a lesson on how to live. Some of you might strongly agree. Going through my book shelf this one set in particular makes me feel at school again. Hogwarts was just as real to me as my own skin. Call me a kid avoiding puberty, or a fairy tale child but Hogwarts was one place who taught me what friends are and how much humility matters. It gave me the whole concept of being more than what people expect you to be, and also how, you need not have a hand to guide you through the tough paths in life. The reasoning lies within.

I have always believed in one thing if not anything else (reminding, I am partially an atheist) that, neither pure good nor pure darkness can prevail in a man's heart. The sooner we accept this, the better we live and let others live too. Every act of a man has a reason, and anything with a reason cannot be dusted away. "You shall get what you seek." Look for absurd facts you'll get them, you'll probably get a million reasons as to cry over and disregard the very fact that life balances good and bad. When you look back in life you might take out all instances which makes your life worthless, or worse, meaningless. But then, it'll all in the eye. I can either choose to whine when the rains spoil my game, or, simply spend an evening with myself (In your case maybe your friends/family. I prefer solitude.) over a cup of tea and some evening snacks. There is nothing better than being able to sit alone and smile back to all that you once thought would be forgotten, like your first ever poem, your first bicycle ride, a cute guy's compliment which at that time felt awkward, gossips, night outs or something as simple as when someone told you, that they love you! It's always worth a recall...

We look a lot for bad and later realize we wasted time. The saddest part of our average life is whenever we look back we have an exaggerated list of "I should have" and not of "When I did that". We aspire more than we achieve, we hope for more than we work, we expect for more than we give and we long for what was not meant to be ours. (A very strong reason that makes we a partial atheist. We don't preach what we teach!) You might say I am insane, or even that I have no rights to decide whats right and wrong and that statement to it's absolute core is right. But nothing can deny the fact that it might be wrong but it's still, the truth!

HP taught me another thing - good things happen, keep an eye for it. Next time when a thing makes you cry, find the joy in it! There is always a choice, always. Life is too short to see the rights and wrongs. Do what you like, speak what you think. There is nothing simpler than being yourself in this world. Afterall, do you really want to spend a lifetime being what others wanted you to be and die without even knowing who you really were? Not worth it, trust me. 20 years (yeah, maybe too less but still) I have spent being what I am made of - regret does not exist in my system files. If you've ever dreamed of something make sure you work for it - achieving is a later stage. You were given a voice and a backbone, be proud to use it. Success in life is not a matter of work and time, it's a matter of how you define it.

Make sure that when your life opens up in front of your eyes at it's close it's not a story of regret and remorse. Make it a fairy tale, make it bright, make it like you've always wanted it to be, grand, full of love, laughter and joy. It's the only thing that yours. It's the only thing that no one can take away from you. It's the story of your life - the making of YOU. Make it priceless.

It's for this wisdom I read books which some people find "not-for-grown-ups". Infact not just books but I too dwell in such ideas, and if you ask me, yes, my life is a fairy tale. It might not be perfect but then, nothing ever is. It's the best of what it could be and that's all that matters. What's wrong with believing in a Santa and Tooth fairy if it can give you hope to a better life? If it can tell you, you are never alone.

And even if 60 years later, when I am 80 you walk up to me while I sleep with my tooth under the pillow at night and you ask me "After all this time?" I'll just say, "Always!"