A new beginning

A new year has started and has started well. As is the norm, people make all sorts of resolutions on this occasion and so have I – to write more often. It is also true that most of these ‘to do lists’ have a shelf-life of a couple of January weeks – so let’s see how long I can keep it up.

As it is supposed to be a fresh start – a need for a new blog arose and with it came the important question of a blog name. My initial thought was to tag it as ‘I have a happy happy life’ – not that my life is devoid of disappointments and hardships, but rather because I wanted to focus on the cheerful happenings in my life, which are in plenty. 

My chosen name was vetoed down by V, who then suggested the name ‘Frog in the well’ because that’s what I was for the majority of my life before I moved to this country, which I now call home. My first reaction was that of denial and outright rejection, but having slept on it for a couple of days I realised that it perfectly sums up my life. I was indeed a frog in the well for the initial years of my life and then it all changed – the frog took a leap!

The leap was not planned nor was it initiated by me. It was all thanks to V who detached me from my comfort zone and brought me to a new world, which was completely different from anything that I had ever seen before. And it has been one hell of a roller-coaster ride with its fair share of ups and downs.

It has been seven years, seven amazing years in which I got to rediscover myself and my beliefs. I feel as if I had the opportunity to grow up twice – once back in India and then again in this country. It was like starting everything afresh, taking one step at a time to adapt to a new way of life or should I say to life itself!

In this blog I plan to record my journey, my learning’s, my beliefs and my experiences – not for the world to read but rather for myself, so that if I ever forget the good times and opportunities that I have had in life – this blog would remind me of how lucky I am.