The most cliched note ever...

...but, heartfelt, nevertheless. I've come a long way, 23 years to be specific. I know to some of you it may not seem much, but to me it is a lifetime, literally! I have grown as an individual, learnt thing, picked up experience, developed strong opinions, was hurt and saved.

I witness fall of trust, blissful ignorance, mindless anger, arrogance, betrayal and restricted economy, while at the same time I also experienced endless love, streaming knowledge, higher thresholds of patients I never knew I had, a level of superiority, faith and window shopping. So all in all, I didn't lose anything that wasn't already replaced.

Of course, there are people I need to thank for this spiritual evolution, the people of my maladies and cohesions over the last one year. At the end of this note I have made a list of people I think I should thank, people who made the 23 I am. If your name is on that list, I thank you. I thank you for teaching me, for enlightening me, for awakening me, for holding me back, for letting me go, for pushing me down, for lifting me up, for holding my hand, for stabbing my back, for making me cry, for wiping my tears, for providing me, for depriving me, for being cheap, for being pricey, but most of all for being there!

Now, don't get all shining! Just because you name shows up on that list doesn't mean that it's a good thing or something to be proud of. I thank you today, cause I am learning to move forward, but that doesn't mean I couldn't have survived without that what you put me through. It still hurts sometime... but I'll live! And you’ll be pleased to know I turned out just fine.
And to those who I owe extreme gratitude, I can't describe well enough, what you mean to me. But just so you know, and you know who you are, I will strive all my life to be there for you in every possible way I can. I promise.

The List:

(The names below are in no specific order or importance. They were jotted down as and when, what came to my mind!)




Dad - My knowledge bank
Mum - Omniscient
Shono - Probably the world's best little sister alive!
Swati - My conscience
Hitesh - The alter conscience
Santoshri - The 'its OK!' of my life
Danish - My better whole
Coffee Shops across the suburbs - Mocha, Aroma, Peaberry, CCDs at Marol, Saki Naka, Amboli
Blogger
Facebook - Hell, yea!
Namit
Sagar
RED - It always be MY baby, no matter what!
MovieSum
Mr. Barodia - In a way, he will never know!
The Brahma Kumaris
Kamal
Raj Thackrey
The UPA
Praful Patel
X Men
Lokhandwala
Stall 66, Fashion street
The shops on Linking Road
Sugeet
Dollar, a vergetarian black mutt from Delhi
Dalai Lama
Ban Ki Moon
Kumar - The sarcastic lover
Vishal - If I only knew where you are..
Aida Mam - If you were alive, you would kill yourself
President Obama, definitly.

If there is something or someone I am forgetting, please help me!

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