It fascinates me no end, how time is by nature. I was watching a stream of many beginnings and endings of different things in my own life. Many many little journeys within the journey of life. It felt like I was playing on a movie. Only too familiar. I knew all the characters. I had boarded a plane in Mumbai ... ate some dinner and drifted off to sleep.When when I opened my eyes just a little while later, I was in Newark and it was breakfast time. My mother and I went to the same school. She as a teacher and I as a student. I was too small to walk that distance ( at her speed ) and a little big for her to carry ... In a blink, walks to school were over, schooling was over too. Caesar, Cleo, Mark, Zombie and Frolic had filled me with so much laughter and joy over these years .. they were all gone too. Thankfully all these fellas built their homes in my heart. They live there permanently and I can visit them whenever I wish. They are all my doggie friends, in case you are wondering. Now I go to school with my husband. At the start of this inward voyage, he was a student. His lab was a God sent Vahana for both of us . The beauty was in the fact that our pilgrimage destination was the same, a place called A-ha, Vahana was the same but routes were different. These journeys are very unique .. there are infinite route possibilities. Depending on what scenes bring you most joy, you plan your itinerary. Also, you have options to change course whenever you feel like. Amazing, huh?
Just what am I talking? I am just looking leisurely at the jig saw puzzle pieces of my life. I did not have this luxury of time to marvel at them. I also probably got a pair of Wayfarer glasses in my travel kit. Here I had no use for my uv rays proof goggles. These are a kind that allows the user to have some insights into things that come in his vision field. It became one of my favourite preoccupations to wear them and examine every inch and every piece of the puzzle. This activity appealed to me despite its many many unpleasant findings, for the clarity it brought. This A-ha place is such a hot travel destination simply for this clarity feature.
What appealed to me most was the timing. What good would be a pilgrimage if you took it earlier than you were ready for it? What fun would it be if your co-passengers did not match up too well? Or if you did not understand the infinite-routes-to-the-same-destination option? Within which you have fine variations that you have to figure out on your own?
Somehow, this was a voyage whose time had come ...
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