His story continues..

Fast forward 3 years. Life now is nothing like what he had ever imagined nor is it anything at all like what he desired for back then.

Different is nothing where near bad.

Looking back, nothing he had experienced, the good, the bad, nothing was ever short of precious. And while his life on this earth and in this society, be insignificant to many, must also have achieved something during that course. Everyone's does.

Colourful and dramatic in his own eyes, it served up its own share of joy, love, peace as well as pain and hurt. Everyone's does.

And true, while everyone's does, its still nothing short of unique and precious.

They say people change through time. He realises that they do, when out of the ashes of disappointments rise new life experiences. When character is moulded as one encounters more of life as it really is and less of it when itis shrouded in pseudo pleasantries. When one is able to not dwell on the darker side of life or moan and groan about how unfair it is but instead rise above and see the tiny specks of beauty in everone, every situation. Though easier said than done, it is nevertheless far from inaccurate.

Maturity comes with humility, grace and wisdom. All 3 big entities that everyone thinks themselves to have attained by adulthood or late adolesence but in actual fact will never ever be fully attained by any individual. Cliche has it that it is always a journey, never a destination. Being young at heart and able to enjoy the trivial things of life however, is a boon not everyone is granted with, but a mantle of which many get rid off with contempt. He only smiles. In the harried rush to grow up, some never.

People matter most. Precious lessons learnt. Mistakes made. Reconciliations. Controversies. And above all, love found.

While some may say that its overrated, cliche and cheesy as it might be, love is in the core of every human heart. "The greatest thing of all is to love and be loved in return." While many apply it just to a heterosexual relationship, he realises that it speaks for almost every aspect of life as well.

And though life be not anything he had wished it to be before, he would never ask for anything else but life as it is now. Joys and sorrows may come and go but its all part of the growing process. After all, another life to the one he is living now, would just be yet another script to write. Not necessarily any more interesting than the the script he is writing now.

His story continues. Everyone's does. Too.