Infinity House

Ever happen to notice how quickly the night changes? I mean, not quite literally, but how fast the process of growing up is. One moment you see yourself in a heated argument about who deserves the last slice of pizza and the very next moment you are having a heart vs brain battle about what exactly are you doing with life. Doesn’t it blow your brain out how quickly the night changed? This is what I was referring to in the beginning!

Life indeed is a roller-coaster ride. Sometimes, you experience a myriad of emotions in such a short span of time that you might simply wonder what just happened. Some yes-es, no-s or maybe-s here? Well, if I am to introspect this, then I would simply say that all of this is a part of the package deal that gets chosen by default the very next second we land on planet Earth. The package called ‘Growing up’!

When exactly does someone use this phrase on you? When your physical appearance doesn’t match your thought process? Not really. This is when another complicated emotion chips in. Drumrolls before I disclose it!

Expectations, duhhhh! Human beings are social animals. If we scrutinize this further, just to the circle of our country, Indians value emotions and traditions. Irrespective of the level of development in the fields of science and civilization. Now, it’s quite obvious that if emotions and feelings are involved, it all comes back to square one. We end up growing expectations from these relations that got evolved because of the emotions that are involved. Pretty evident, no?

So, someone from your close-knit circle has these un-named, un-voiced expectations that are apparently to be fulfilled by you, who’s been living in his/her own cute little bubble of innocence, idealism, deadlines and, thousand-and-one other life altering issues. Hence, you tend to be blind to these expectations, either out of convenience or negligence or being oblivious. Reasons are discrete but the reaction for the action is same for all of ’em. Disappointment, blame-game so on and so forth. The list is pretty long you see. Another most noticed reaction is Ignorance. Of course, you have to ignore his/her existence. Why? Because he/she has made a grave mistake by not abiding by your wishes, which they might be clueless about in the first place. Just saying!

Having said all of that, let’s now talk about opinions. What’s right for you, might not be the immediate go-to choice for the other. That doesn’t make any of you correct or incorrect. It’s just a simple outcome of having different perspectives and points of view and it’s okay to have your own thought process(doesn’t matter if it’s completely out of the box or doesn’t match with others).

Sadly, when for certain reasons you are unable to fulfill the expectations of your close ones, you are labeled immature, blind to emotions and understanding, you are tossed with ‘grow up’ and face the heat, insensitive and many more. What can we do about it? Absolutely nothing, because none of us is perfect. *shrugs* We can’t really do anything if someone refuses to listen to your version of the entire deal. Simply stay silent and watch what is being thrown onto your plate. Apparently, that’s how it works as you can’t quarrel with the close ones. LoL, the irony!

But the speed at which things unfold or the repercussions you face while not being at fault(not entirely at least) spins your head so fast. And that’s how fast is ‘Fast’ and the night changes very very very fast!

Until next time. Cheers!