Last semester: attachments et al
I just realised that my internship will end in a few more weeks from now.... and I can't help but feel a twinge of sorrow everytime I think about not coming into the newsroom again.
Buddha said that attachment is a cause for sorrows...but I inevitably fall into the trap. So leaving a holiday destination, leaving an old home, leaving school....every farewell, any parting...everything of the nature fills me with nostalgia about the days of yore.
God has his own ways and the journey of life is an ever-changing meander. Every turn brings in new people and new learning into your life and every new experience builds upon the nascent soul of man. So we grow from infant to child to tween to teen to young adult to old adult to senior citizens.
Just hope that I have the courage to live upto the impending changes. I think the US dollar is not one of the world's strongest currencies for nothing. I believe this line on the green back is the route to success and fulfillment in life for anyone: "In God We Trust".

Forgiveness
Today I went for my first ever Christmas service (and no, I don't plan to convert, just went for the experience). It was a fairly good experience, there was the musical and philosophical musings by the pastor.
What I brought back home though was a certain thought by the pastor - forgiving yourself, not being too hard on yourself and not stressing till death over small mistakes. How often is it that you think, "I wish it would not have been this way", "I wish I could have done better", "I've been such a fool"...dah dah dah.
But as even Dumbledore says in Harry Potter, all learning (true learning) comes from accepting your mistakes. Only then will you have the courage to understand them and therein find solutions for yourself and your life.
Not that I didn't know about this from the start, but rather the pastor's words reinstated what I believe. So yes, my NY2008 resolution starts with: Not thinking too much about things and giving myself - a break! (As always)
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all!

Megha's guide to contentment:

1. Avoid over-ambitiousness.
2. Concentrate on the task at hand - big or small - and do a fair job of it.
3. Be your own competitor and taskmaster.
4. Remain honest and innocent to yourself.
5. Never let the innumerable 'others', their behaviour and achievements, affect you.
6. Avoid meddling in the personal lives and conduct of others.
7. Trust God.
8. Keep your friends close.
9. Keep your family closer.
10. Remember, Work and Luck are two different words and they mingle only with God's will.