Unknotting the pouch of time

Growing up comes in way after loads of bitter lessons and internal battles of choices. And it never sees an end. It is a process of learning many lessons and defining the margin between reality and fantasies

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When times go by you will realize that not everyone who did well in their Grade 5 scholarship exams will make it to the university. You will also begin to see that those bad kids who ran behind boys, got expelled and messed up their exams can end up in higher places than where you are.
You will begin to wonder whether the person who first said that life is not a bed of roses was actually too blind not to see the thorns as both the flowers and the thorns will make you what you are.
You will also begin to feel that switching the language of thinking can be a total disaster. But it is certainly better than translating the thoughts when communicating.
When you grow up, you will gradually develop a sixth sense to identify the back-stabbers and the tale-carriers. And you will be brave enough to live among the cut-throats and survive. Also, you will begin to figure out the few-tissue difference of a fake smile and a genuine one.
There will also be a time you will come to know that those who do not speak much will be walking up and down with countless stories that can inspire you to live and make others feel better about their lives.
You will also realize that the friends who have loudest of laughs are the first to cry. And perhaps those who tell jokes and make you laugh may not have laughed in their lives as much as you.
There will also be a time when you feel like transferring the silvery glow that is getting into your hair into your skin and ample stocks of melanin that darken your skin into your hair.
After years of waiting you will concede the fact that Prince Charming does not really have a face and that his ‘profile picture’ can be replaced with that of anyone you want.
As sad as it may sound, after wasting fortunes on fancy jewellery, clothes and accessories, it will dawn to you that men do not spot on half of the things women wear to boost the attraction factor. Funny enough, he will likely to notice the shape of your ear but the huge butterfly-stud will surely escape his notice.
Looking at your parents struggle with their e-mails or grand mothers struggling with the tuners of the radios you understand that one day, you will also feel as outdated as they are, but the technology never will.
Trying to get over the morning-mirror shock, you will repeatedly tell yourself that no matter how many strands of hair fall on to the ground still there’s enough hair to be tied into a pony-tail or bun.
Worn out slippers will begin to define your approach. Your table will define your appetite for intellectual food and what you eat will decide the sharpness of your eyesight and firmness of feet.
At last you will keep learning that, with constant practice, smiles can be polished sun-shiny and the laughs can be better tuned.