Thursday, June 7, 2012

THE CIRCLE.



Little did we know that forever ended at the end of the road! We were young, innocent and naive and we made promises, promises of ‘forever’ and sealed it with a pact, which none of us remember clearly though.

Growing up took us places...new schools, new friends, new places, new habits....exploring and discovering life, following the pack, going through the motions of life! We took it all in, grew up, and moved on and up.

Old friendships and their memories were tucked up and forgotten in some corner of the brain’s hippocampus, buried deep.

Technology happened, world became a smaller place and social networking sites cropping up like mushrooms. Everyone is rushing there to be a part of it, making friends they know, they don’t know. The more names you add, more popular you are or so you think....it is THE trend...and I am one of this pack.

While searching for familiar friends, an old and familiar name pops up....and you search more. And it comes in torrents - the childhood, the memories, the friends and their friendship...it is a chain reaction and off we are on the search of other familiar names.

Life has come a full circle...you meet them on-line, and curious are we to know how we have shaped up in life and we share our life stories, mostly the good ones....and we make plans to meet off-line, in real world and keep the old friendship alive and going.

This curiousness has an expiry date, soon the novelty wears off. The warmth with which rebounded, reconnected and recollected fizzles out as fast as it was formed...and the wheel of life kept turning.

“TIME, don’t let it slip away. Raise your drinking glass, here’s to yesterday...come full circle.” – Aerosmith.


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24 comments:

  1. sulekkhaJune 7, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    A hard hitting but sensitive post, Janaki. Love the honest feelings in it.

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  2. Luchi SmilesJune 7, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    So true about the reconnections we make with old friends and extended families online. At some point, some tend to become your enemy just because you have a different view or opinion than theirs.

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    1. JANUJune 7, 2012 at 10:00 PM

      So true. We seem to reconnect only on the superficial level. Thanks Luchi.

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  3. BhavanaJune 7, 2012 at 5:08 PM

    Purano Shei Diner Kotha Bulbhi Kire...Can those days be forgotten? Return to my heart, my heart's companions, come let us relive those days...

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  4. The PoetJune 7, 2012 at 7:16 PM

    My dear Janu,
    You have reminded all of us that nothing stays the same. From youth until now, so much have changed in our lives and yes, for some of us...that may include friends. I will say i was never part of any group...as much as I enjoyed cricket and soccer...it was poetry for me. I know you are not surprised by that (laughing). I never wanted to follow anyone...for I felt I was a leader in my own humble way. With all respect, I still feel that way today (smile). Thanks for sharing my friend.

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    1. JANUJune 7, 2012 at 10:02 PM

      Dear Andy,
      Good for you...fewer heartbreaks for you.

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  5. Brian MillerJune 7, 2012 at 8:15 PM

    ha it does have that expiry date you know...i dumped facebook a year and a half ago because i was tired of people in my business that had no place there..

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    1. JANUJune 7, 2012 at 10:04 PM

      I just can't dump it Brian...it is how I am connected to my blogging community.

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  6. Tina´s PicStoryJune 7, 2012 at 10:28 PM

    beautiful pic :)

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  7. Jackie McGuinnessJune 7, 2012 at 10:31 PM

    Just popping by from Alphabe-Thursday.
    A thought provoking post. I reconnected with my best friend from growing up on Facebook. I joined FB and thought who should I look for and she was the first person I searched on. There she was!! She had just joined a few days earlier. That was June 2007.
    It is like we were never separated, we have traveled together and with our husbands in the last five years.

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    1. JANUJune 7, 2012 at 10:49 PM

      Great you connected with your best friend...I too have. But, some just slipped away. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. storybeaderJune 8, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    so many things make life a full circle - I guess the internet is one I hadn't thought of. Thank you for that. {:-Deb

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  9. CathyJune 8, 2012 at 12:34 PM

    We all want to recapture the spark of our youth. I can imagine it working for some but not for all.

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  10. Nikky44June 9, 2012 at 7:14 PM

    Forever, such a big word! You are right! we never know what tomorrow will bring, but it always brings something new, it brings change

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  11. anitamombanitaJune 11, 2012 at 6:39 PM

    So true. If we find an old acquaintance online with whom we've had no contact for years, they still remain an old acquaintance with whom . There's probably a reason we haven't been in touch for tears and it doesn't generally change the nature of the relationship.

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  12. Melissa TandocJune 12, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    I think it's not the years but the connection that we make with people that makes the bond stronger... This is deep, true and sincere. I'm not losing faith on anyone :) perhaps, just taking my time.

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  13. JennyJune 13, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    Expiry date. I love that. And it is so true.

    I try to live my life according to one of the old Girl Scout songs...

    'Make new friends, but keep the old
    One is silver and the other gold.'

    Thank you for this thoughtful link. I think I've been slacking a bit keeping up with people...I need to work on that.

    A+

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