From the moment we are born we start learning. The very first thing we learn is to live in the world full of noise and light a startling contrast from the cozy warm womb. The food pipe is cutoff and we learn that there is no other way rather than swallowing the food to quench the hunger. And everyone around us try and teach us something. It starts with 'Say Ma, ma, Say Ma, Maa' then 'Shake hand, the RIGHT hand' then 'Say hello to Aunty'. It keeps continuing.
Preschool is the first one to take us away from our loved ones and even if we cry our heart out or cling our mom and dad or plead them there is no way we can win. We learn to adjust to the situation. We learn to have fun with others like us who have fought a war and lost and have been imprisoned in the nice looking place with big flowers and lots of toys.
We come back home overjoyed to be reunited to our family just to repeat the same saga again and again and again.
Somehow we learn and understand that this is how it all works. So we learn follow the routine of the preschool, school, college, office and life.
We never understand when we start drifting apart from our family, friends, relatives. But slowly and steadily, like a unsuspecting cancer creeping in our body, we go so far that it's impossible to go back.
We realise it only after its too late. Only after its all over. When even chemotherapy is of no use.
No matter how much ever we blame the situation, job, time, it all boils up to "YOU".
You are the reason for where you are, alone or maybe not. But surely away from someone. Someone special.
Why?
This was never thought to us but we learnt it ourself. We learnt to give priorities to those things, those which distracted us, lured us, which might have given us a satisfaction initially, may be given us financial independence. But are these reasons enough to keep us away from our loved once?
I don't think so.
I guess we just have to learn to start loving our loved ones again or maybe learn to fall in love again with the love of our life.
Just learn.
