Happy Birthday to me .. Happy birthday to me ..

Blow out the candles and bring out the cake,
another year is here, to pass you by
and leave you in its wake.

I complete one more year on this earth (on the 10th) , affectionately called mother when the fruits of man's labour are rewarded and cursed and spat at when she decides to yawn, stretch or wince when the plough decides to dig into her.
Cataclysm we scream, forgetting we are all guests and our visit will end when we outlive our welcome.

Mortality check, my friends, has rung my bell this year as I see things that I had assumed as permanent disappearing into ether. An ephemeral quality surrounds this world now. Nay, its just not my mood, as the events of the past few weeks have unfolded and thrust this into our faces. Experience, makes a man wiser and aware of himself and his limitations.
This year , as another anniversary of my existence announces its presence, as I take another step on this ladder where the next step is always invisible to me, I feel I have been given a second chance, to redeem my life's worth. This is an invitation to get back on the path that was laid out to me, to eschew bitterness and embrace myself. There is a teasing, tantalising glimpse of my goals, well hidden behind clouds of self-doubt.

Ever feel like you have nothing to prove to this world ? Ever feel like the only person you need to answer to is urself ? I know I am at a threshold in my life and the path I chose now is the path I am going to be on for the rest of it.
I have lived by one motto in my life that has always worked for me -- "Everything that happens, Happens for the good". Positivity, stoicism, self-preservation, fatality, excuse, reason, superficiality, depth, and that teflon-like feeling where nothing can stick is all built in to it.

As I quietly slip another year of my existence into my personal history box, I would like to make a wish.

I wish that time could see me pass by.