2/17/2017 This too will pass Where the mind is without fear

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This too will pass

Dharmathin vaazhvadhanai soodhu kavvum,
dharmam marubadiyum vellum
marumathai nammaley ulangam karkum,
vazhi thedi vidhi intha seygai seythaan
karumatthai maenmelum kaanbom indru,
kattundom poruthiruppom, kaalam maarum
dharmathai appodhu vella kaanbom,
dhanu undu gaandeevam athan per endran

Yesterday, I came across these words, from Bharathis Paanchaali Sabatham. Entirely by co-incidence I must say. It immediately prompted me to update my Facebook
status with a cryptic (or not-so-cryptic) message. Too many feelingstoo few words

Loosely translated, these immortal words preach patience. They represent the eternal hope that no matter what happens, tomorrow will be a better day. When I was in
college, we would get caught every other day for some silly prank. A class missed, a lie told, a fake permission slipsomething. And as is the case with most college
students, we were dumb enough to actually get caught. Sometimes, it would get worse than anticipated. We would be pulled up, shouted at and even punished. And again,
as is the case with most teenaged girls, I would get upset. So upset that I would refuse to eat, or drinkor even talk. I would be miserable. At such times, Nandini would
come up to me and say, This too will pass.

Today, she is not there to tell me this any more. But, the message still holds true. Kattundomlets be patientporuthiruppomlets wait. Kaalam maarumtimes will
change! Sounds familiar? To me it strikes a very powerful chord. Nandinis words in collegethis too will pass Dads words at the worst times of my lifekaalam
maarumtimes will change. Today, I realize that truer words have never been spoken. Times will change. Life will, and must, come a full circle. Today, like no other day
in my life, I fully understand what it means to be patient, to wait, to bide my time and hope.

A break-up, a fight, a newly-found friend, parents, friendseven money, house, careverything! Life definitely comes a full circle. I am perhaps being completely
incoherent right now, but I dont care. Words that were once hurled at me with a hurtful callousness are now being hurled back at those who used them in the first place.
And, strangely, I dont feel good. In fact, I wish things did not have to be this way.

The ridicule, the criticism, the pain, the unhappiness, or even the joy and the euphoria all of them seem meaningless today. Because life, as they say, catches up with
you at some point. Because times change. Because life comes a full circle. Does all this make any sense at all? Or are these just meaningless rants?

This too will pass

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