The Crossroads

I remember reading somewhere life is all about making choices....I just found the quote interesting.....I did not attach much importance to it....I was after all in my 10th class at that time and one did not understand the extent of choices we need to take in life....At the very first crossroad of life..i chose to pursue MPC....After this choice the next decision was a logical one...I decided to pursue my engineering.....All said and done I was happy with this decision of mine and time just flew by......Before I realised, it was time to make a decision again.....and this time after much thought I decided to pursue MBA.....Now it's still in pipeline....
"No road is too long when you walk with a friend".....My all time favourite quote....The hurdles of life are bearable when you have a shoulder to lean on....If making choices at the different crossroads of life is a task in itself.....leaving behind a friend at every crossroad with each decision you make is even more tough....In the journey called life, the one thing that is constant is change.....At all the so called crossroads of life..I left behind a friend owing to the different choices we made....We chose to follow different paths to follow our destiny and realise our dreams....Life just moved on....and though we remained in touch..the magic was gone......where once upon a time we would spend hours speaking..we now spend just a few minutes on phone exchanging pleasantries......That is the extent to which we moved on.......
The only silver lining during my pathetic college life was my gang of friends...In a typical Dil Chata Hai ishtyle...we were 3 friends....and no day was gloomy when were together.......It's amazing how three different people with completely contrasting personalities can blend so easily and beautifully that every moment spent together was a beautiful art.....Every day brought with it, its share of adventure and fun and we would turn it into a masterpiece....The memories collected priceless and the experience..simply mind blowing. Did we imagine what would be our life after college??..naahhhhhh..we were too busy enjoying the present moment to even spare a thought for the future......Infact two of us decieded to pursue the same path.....alas that was not to be....
While one of us decieded that she would pursue her MS in US no matter what..we decieded that we would do our MBA in India.....while she left the shores in pursuit of her dream and her soon to be destiny..we stayed behind bidding her adieu...Our pursuit continued....and before i realised..my destiny changed overnight and I'm placed at Mumbai.....Now as the reality slowly sinks in...I passed another crossroad in my life and now we are at three different locations...wondering how quickly life can change its course and uproot you from your comfort zone and send you to explore hithero unchartered territory......Do I miss my friends????....The obvious answer is yes...because they have with them a part of my life.....a part of me which would spring forth only when I am with them......because they brought out in me the side which was unknown till they decieded to enter my life......... because they made me complete in their own way....
This is for you kp and rr.......You have with you a part of me in the same way as I have with me a part of you.......
Meeting is pleasure
Departure is pain
But as the world is round
We will meet again!!!!