BlogchatterA2Z: Navigating Adulthood
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"How easy it was to be a child. No worries about managing expenses, cooking, cleaning, or finding your identity. Just play, eat, and sleep. I miss my childhood. Why did God fulfill the desire for adulthood? Usually, I keep crying and yelling for a wish, but He never listens." Pallavi was talking to the sky with tears flowing through her cheeks.
It was evening, and the sun was about to set. Pallavi was sitting on the porch at Marine Drive. As she finished her monologue complaining, a stranger came to her and asked, "What happened? Why are you crying?" Pallavi was baffled seeing the stranger intruding on her. She ignored him and turned her face. But the stranger was not going anywhere. He took a seat beside her. "Hi, I am Arun." The stranger introduced himself, extending his hand towards Pallavi. But she did not respond.
Arun sat there looking at the setting sun near the ocean and felt the glee of the calmness in the chaos. Pallavi was lost in the beauty of nature too. She did not realize it was already one hour when Arun sat beside her and he was still there. "You are still here. Don't you have any work to do? You seem to be a corporate employee by your dress and bag." Pallavi probed. "Ha Ha Ha, thank goodness, you spoke I thought I was trying to talk with a dumb," Arun exclaimed. "You...." Pallavi pointed her finger at him but stopped midway and resumed enjoying nature.
"Are you new to this place? I haven't seen you before, I come daily." Arun asked. Pallavi replied, "No, I have been living in Mumbai for three years, but I never came to this place, and cursing myself for missing this beauty now." "Oh! That's the reason you were crying." Arun added.
"Will you shut up, and let me be at peace for a while?" Pallavi asked. There was silence between them but a sense of belonging was developing. Arun sat there with her hoping to know the reason for her remorse when she would finish staring at the setting sun and the ocean.
After some time Pallavi started opening up, "Adulthood is so boring yet eclectic. It is full of responsibility and stress. Why do people not take us seriously when we say we are not well? We also have problems that many times we do not find shareable. It's like with whom to share.
At this phase, we start doubting more and trusting less. I feel it is better to talk to a stranger than to talk to family, friends, or acquaintances. After all, if that person will judge you that will not matter at all." She sighed and went silent again. Arun gave her time to compose and let her speak again rather than sharing any advice, suggestion, or prompt.
"Time to go," Pallavi announced. She got up and started walking. Arun followed her, and asked, "At least tell your name." Pallavi replied, "You will know it if we meet again, which I feel will not happen. After all, Mumbai is not a small town."
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