Change is inevitable, Growth is optional

The last one year has been full of changes. Not just for me but the world around me. Just the magnitude of the things have increased so dramatically. From all-sweeping tsunamis to earth-shattering earthquakes, we have seen them all in the last one year. We have also see uprisings and struggles at the scale we never had before. We are witnessing change all around.

And so it is with me, who has changed too. I look at myself a year ago and there’s almost a mild mischevious grin on my face. I was just very naive maybe or just young. I have grown in this one year. I have experienced alot maybe as much as the 2nd/3rd year of college put together. You might even add the few months at Cisco and still wont be able to match the last 10 months or so.

I am not sure what caused this change in the world. But then the nature itself is the cause and effect of the change. But what about me? How did I change? There must be something. While i was working last year at Cisco I felt that life had almost come to point of stagnation. There was no change, just a routine.

So it was a routine life when suddenly something triggered. I got a new job. The new job brought new experiences and also it brought new set of people in my life. Suddenly there was a lot of change. I was almost overwhelmed to the point of not being able to digest all of this!

When you change, you may grow. And I have grown ( Not in height really! ). A lot of people have told me I have grown ( maybe become more mature ) and that’s what I wonder about. You just dont grow, there has to be someone to nurture you for your growth. Maybe I did I find someone to care for me like a gardener 😛

I feel more confident now. The key to that is self-contentment. I feel more secure about my own self probably. I do not feel the need to want someone else’s approval on what I do.

I feel I am more aware now. Like there is a heightened subconscious feeling of everything around me. I can pick up subtle trends and use them as a source of information.

I probably have rediscovered emotions. Like feelings! A year ago I would laugh at the thought of being emotional. Yet here I am! I can connect and disconnect with people now unlike the sense of detachment before. I can feel happy and I can also feel sad. Almost to the extreme’s in both case.

Definitely it is all a result of the person who has helped me grown. The changes are something perceptible to people who have known me over a year or so. And this post is dedicated to THE CHANGE BRINGER!