India. A land of diversity, and different cultures, and unique lifestyles. A place where everyone is different, and knows the world differently.
And yet, we are not divided.
Diverse, but unified. Contrasting cultures, in harmony. Unique, but toget...
My life journey can be compared to climbing a mountain.
I began the journey, not knowing what is to come. I kept moving; fighting and staying strong, despite my exhaustion and hunger. Once in a while, an avalanche sent rocks and ice my way, and yet... I battled my way through and made it past every obstacle that is brought before me.
Today, I have reached the top of the mountain. I am standing at the top of the mountain, and looking up, where it seems as if the sky is right above my head; like the stars above me are only an arm's length away. I am standing at the top of the mountain and looking around, and marvelling at the stunning view from here. I am standing at the top and looking back at the memories of difficulties and struggles I have overcome before I reached here.
I took on this journey to reach the top of the mountain, but now that I'm here, I realize
that being here is not the most rewarding part of this expedition.
The best and most important part was, is, and will always be, the journey itself.
But I realised that this journey was not taken alone.
True, I have climbed up this mountain by myself. I am the person who started the journey and I am the person who finished it. But despite the fact that it was my journey, the truth is... I was never alone.
Whenever I was hungry, food appeared before me. Whenever I was tired, I laid down on a pillow and was wrapped in blankets that I never packed. Whenever I stumbled and fell, there was someone holding my hand and helping me up.
Two people were there with me every step of the way.
All my life, I overlooked them, underestimated them, told them that everything they did had nothing to do with me. I loathed them for telling me what to do and felt frustrated whenever they were right about something. I took them for granted, not realizing that they were the only ones by my side through my entire journey.
No, I will not descend down the mountain. I have come too far to just simply go back the way I came. So I stand at the top of the mountain and take in my surroundings. I notice each and every detail so I can remember this moment for the rest of my life.
