Anything Can Happen

Arushi Tandon
Aug 9, 2017 · 2 min read
Photo by Jan Phoenix on Unsplash

Did I think that I would be studying to clear my college exams after I’d (technically) graduated with my friends because I had to miss those exams in the first place and I need them for my degree? Did I think I’d fail an exam in a semester because my mental health refused to cooperate and I had a full blown panic attack during the exam? That my answer sheet would have more tears than words on it? Did I think that I’d undergo a million tests and X-Rays, suffer for an entire year with lupus and lose 27 kilograms along the way? I didn’t. I did not know any of this was going to happen to me, but it did. Because life… happens. You can’t do shit. All you can do is sit back, do whatever it is you want, hope all will go well, and watch your life unfold in front of your eyes. I had plans to go abroad right after my graduation to pursue my masters, but guess what, those plans are on hold now because I have to take a gap year.

Anything can happen.

I never expected any of this to happen to me. My life took a complete 180 degree turn after I turned 20. Everything I held dear was slipping right through my fingers. I was an academic in college and I couldn’t even attend college, let alone have good grades. I couldn’t attend dance class. I couldn’t eat the food I wanted to eat. I couldn’t meet my friends when I wanted to. I couldn’t do more than half the things I usually did on a daily basis. My life was crumbling and I couldn’t do anything about it. Because I had no control. Life has plans for me, plans that were different from the ones I had for myself. And I just had to let it all happen.

So I did. I let it all happen for one long year. And eventually, it was over. The nightmare ended and I got my life back. My point is very simple here. You can’t predict what’s going to happen, and you can’t go back and change what has happened already. All you can do is — be in the now and hope for the best tomorrow. You can plan, you should plan, you should dream and visualize. But remember, life will not always work according to your plan. It’s got it’s own plan. You just have to get in sync with it and adapt to it.

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