When we were kids at school, I used to hear this quite often..'Life is a full circle'..one day each one of us in some way or the other will come back from where we started..or..the world is a very small place..run away as far as you possibly can..life will bring you back to the place/person you were running away from..People may think that they have committed mistakes and managed to get away with it..little do they know that fate can play its own tantrums..reward those who deserve to be rewarded, punish those who need to be punished..Life is indeed a full circle.
There have been times when you have left places and memories behind, assuring yourself that whatever happens, you will not look back, not let your past affect your future. And then one day..BANG! your past stares you at your face, laughs and smirks at you..tries to prove you wrong. You have 2 choices then, let it swamp your present with gloomy shadows or stare back at its face and scream out loud..'I care damn'!! Wonder how many of us have the courage to take the second path, how many of us are strong enough to learn from the past.
What do we do when we suddenly meet an old acquaintance..I say acquaintance because we have been confused all our lives trying to decide whether he/she was a friend or a foe..whether you had amicable feelings or a stinging one..was it a relationship gone sour or one that could never flower. Memories are strange things, they can be your biggest strength or your greatest weakness. They can leave you scarred for life, imprint on your heart , and leave you forever restless..or remain as your shadow, always by your side..There have been so many time in my life when I have been made to come face to face with my memories or my past..people,places, situations...It would be wrong if I said I was left unaffected..for am surely ain't that iron at heart..but yes, it has made me wonder, that no matter how much I try and cut them off from me, life would bring me back to the people or the place that I was running from.
'Karma'-our own doings has its own results. I believe and this may differ from what others think, that we bear the consequences of our actions in this birth, there is no carry forward mechanism that would account for the good and bad deeds we do. Be it till the last breath, we will surely get the result no matter how good or bad..This life teaches us the perfect lessons, this is where we make our mistakes, learn from them and reap the results..
The 'circle' may have its own significance for each one of us, for some it may mean being reunited with a long lost love, for others it may mean going back to the roots, from where we came..or as some say its being born from dust and then mingle with the dust in the end..whatever it may be..its a path we all must follow, knowingly or unknowingly..and still be able to realize that we finally did reach from where it all started...
