Life at 23 !!

They say if you are not an idealist at 20, u have no heart and if you are still an idealist at 30, you have no head !! Now that leaves two possibilities for 25. Either you can be completely confused between being a idealist and a practical person or you might be well balanced with both the things in perfect balance.
Now if you apply the same logic to 23 (considering 20 and 25), you will know where I lie :). I am in between getting confused and being balanced which, I have no doubt, is an extremely confusing state of affairs to be in. A state of confusion about if you are in a state of confusion !!
Anyway, enough of confusion. The news is that tomorrow at 15:15, I will complete 22 years of walking on this earth (for the first year, I was not walking) and considering the kind of people that are inhibiting the earth along with me, I consider this to be an achievement :P. okay sorry !! I shouldn't be this mean :). In fact it is the people living with me who have made this life worth living. Thanks a lot to everybody whom I know or will come to know in this life. As Kevin Spacey very aptly said:

"I had always heard that your entire life flashes before your eyes before you die. First of all, that second isn't a second at all. It stretches on forever like an ocean of time. For me it was lying on my back at boyscout camp, watching falling stars. And yellow leaves from the maple trees that lined our street. Or my grandmother's hands and the way her skin seemed like paper. And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird.
I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it's hard to be mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, my heart fills up like a balloon about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold onto it. And then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every moment of my entire life"

Comments

Braveheart said…
Well, before you come out of this 23rd year just like you came out of your 22nd, just before you reach 30 and come out of all the confusion, buddy, its time to get a little more confused. In fact, its ideal time to handle the craziness of confusion. And nothing is better than to read 'Catch 22' just after you complete 22 years of your life.

So grab it pal, and gobble it up! It would do no harm. Might make some difference to your health. It'll make you hale and hearty, and probably the wittiest( I dont know if that word exists!) in the entire world.

Akshaya

Akshaya
December 17, 2004 at 9:28 PM
Tipsy Topsy said…
Happy Birthday! Hope you had a great time
December 18, 2004 at 9:48 PM
VM said…
Happy Birthday !! Hope you had a nice time.
December 19, 2004 at 8:21 AM
Unknown said…
Happy Belated Birthday, Abhaya.
I can understand your confusion. But yes, it is true, as we grow older, we tend to inch more towards idealism.
December 20, 2004 at 5:27 PM
Anonymous said…
Happy B'day d00d :D

cya soon !!
December 20, 2004 at 7:04 PM
abhaga said…
Aks baba, check the math. Its 23 :). I think u forgot the one year of not walking :P

TT,MVA: thanks a lot !! Its always fun to come back to the day when u happened to the world :)

Manish: well, let's see at 30 :)

Anon: U don't get to enter the house till u tell ur name :P
December 20, 2004 at 7:23 PM
Braveheart said…
oh...that was a goof up! :(
But anyway..rule out that non walking year of infinite confusion about what u were doing in this cray world and move on. Get Catch 22 anyway! :p
Akshaya
December 21, 2004 at 5:39 PM
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