“We found love in a hopeless place!”
Nothing else than this Rihanna’s song can describe my post-grad life. I was sad as I had to leave my grad friends back and start this new journey all by myself to a totally new place. I was excited but wasn’t hoping much from that place. Maybe because it wasn’t a part of my plan but yes I didn’t have a clear plan at that time, so I just went with the flow.
The feelings were always mixed. I was excited but wasn’t expecting much to happen. I liked shifting to a hostel but wasn’t sure of how will I survive there alone. Being an introvert, I didn’t expect to have a lot of friends or people who will invest in the time to understand me. Also, being a bit selective I wasn’t sure if I will let anyone enter my aura.
BUT…
Things happen when you expect them least to happen. Within few days, I was surrounded by the most amazing people, who were always around and it was difficult to think of a day without them. It wasn’t like I found them all together, but it was one by one. And then finally, we were having the greatest times of our lives.
It was all based on Emotions…
I met so many people in my college, but with these 5, I had something different. There was something common and it was the emotions. We all had nothing in common except for the feelings we had for each other. And that is what helped us to continue it even after so many years.
When people saw us going beyond limits for each other, they questioned our bonding. Everyone says that nothing is permanent! People change with time and that’s true, it happened. But it’s more about who is still there and who is not. And in our case, we all knew, this was worth doing without giving any second thoughts. We were living in a small bubble of ours that was made by us and nurtured by us, every day.
Truth and trust…
When we are in such a relationship with a group of people, it’s normal to have fights and misunderstandings but the thing which helped us overcome everything was our words. We all valued the power of words and always kept in mind that a single lie will destroy it all. We were true to each other and ourselves which created trust among us for each other. In a world full of trust issues, we learned to rely blindly upon.
One call away…
Although no one ever emphasizes building relationships while you’re studying as the main focus is academics and final settlement but I don’t believe in that any longer. Making memories and building bonds is also as fulfilling as getting settled. We often neglect the power of relationships but we get to know it when we don’t find anyone around to talk.
Everything ends, so did our post-graduation, but I found people for life. It’s not like we meet every day or talk about everything but I know whenever life seems unfair, I have them. Whenever nothing feels right, I have them. Whenever I feel lost, I have them. And till the time, I am here, I have them. And that’s more than enough I could ever ask for.
My post-grad taught me that it’s good to expect least at times as then you will get the most from life and also you will learn to value what you get from life.
