That time of the year..

This was something I wrote on Jan 1st 2012....

That time of the year when you look back and say, “What the hell just happened!!”

For me.. well.. I started the year in the capital… ecstatic that I was headed to the place I love .. but instead was thrown out of gear into something I just hadn’t planned for. And from there the surprises started! Awesome new friends in a city I had a chance to rediscover.. the comfort of ol friends.. setting up my home in an another city altogether, the madness of the place, the pace, the people, the strange language.. and the company of some more new friends.. This year has been one crazy year of friendship for me.. friends I know are going to stay till they choose to leave.. friends who I know I will go the extra mile for. New travels, new places, special times with family, much awaited success stories in some others' lives .. the relief in their voice … memorable moments… yes this year has given it all..

And there have been times.. times that dragged me down.. times that took the control of my life away from me .. times that made me wonder day in and day out if where I was, was where I wanted to be.

Yet, when I woke up this new year, in a quiet room, in a distant land, with the sea breeze slowly gracing me .. I realized what the year gone by had done to me.. it had brought me peace.. peace for a love that had failed me.. peace for a friendship that I feared had slipped out of my hands.. peace for the way my life had gone beyond my control .. and most importantly peace to have faith again.

And it’s with that note that I end this one..

.. and begin this year.

I believe.