Life as we know it.

There comes a point in everyone's life when you are made to face reality. You are shown how some people, who you have held close all your life, can't stay forever. It's when the obscure world of 'Forever' falls apart and you realise the void it creates in your life. Changes, especially those that involve parting, break you down. All the promises, the sugar coated talks, all come to sound like bad music you can't get off of your mind. And you begin to curse yourself for letting people come close enough to make you vulnerable.

But honestly, life is all about getting to know how to cope with loss. After all, everything you possess today will either be lost or gone to another's possession tomorrow. What is permanent, what stays back, is hurt and pain. How you accept loss and move on, is what defines you as a person. For change is inevitable, so better accepted than dreaded.

Have you ever let someone reach for the barriers you have built, destroy them and enter your life, though you know staying is a luxury they can't afford? For most, it might just sound absurd. And it is, in a way, because after knowing what the future has in store for you, you are letting them stay. Eventually, they'll have to leave, thus breaking your heart. But be sure of this. The few moments/days you spend with them will last with you for a lifetime. These memories will adorn the scrapbook of your life, if anything as such exists. And if you meet them again, in your later life, you'll look back on the past and reminisce the bitter-sweet memories. And that is when, amidst the pangs of pain, emerges the most beautiful smile you'll ever have smiled.