Day 3 : Nostalgic Night

After dinner,I went on a walk up in terrace.I call it my Soul walk. I am not exaggerating when I say that I have walked up there thousands of times over the years. Each time I do,I carry my diary,my camera, I slip off my slippers and let my hair down, soaking in being away from everyone and everything, and letting the cementy floor kiss my feet.

I walked under the brilliant universes of stars tonight. I was wrapped up in a thousand thoughts, my mind a whirlwind of plans and responsibilities. But every once in a while my mind would settle and be present to the scents and stars and breezes around me, like a butterfly that lands upon a flower and becomes still.

While gazing down I realized tonight that I have lived in Mehrauli for 7 years.Seven years. As I write this I feel awe fall over me. Every cell in my body has changed since I came here. I have evolved physically, emotionally, and spiritually in ways beyond what I could have possibly ever imagined.

When I really looked up at the stars on this rich, velvet night, I felt that calm veil fall over me - I am so

so

so

small.

 

I mean, seriously. Me with my whirlwind of a thousand thoughts, things that I think are so very, very important... 

 

Um, not really. Time flows by in a great, vast river and I hope that every once in awhile I take the time to gaze up at the stars and remember that I am small and God is great.

Remember what is truly important in this flicker of a lifetime.