25/06/2016
'College at the age of 18, a job at the age of 23-24, marriage at the age of 25 or so'- is one way to live your life. Perhaps, it's not the only way.
I have seen that the people who don't seem to follow this monotonous pattern, created by the society, are labelled with vague terms. When people get to know that I had dropped a year, they tell me that I am lagging behind.
But never do they tell me- 'behind whom' or 'behind what'.
Well, they can't. Because when you are busy living 'your' life, you can neither be behind nor ahead of anything or anyone.
I know a man who's almost thirty and is still working hard to build something. I know a girl who's already twenty and is going to spend two more years to secure an MBBS seat in another country. I know a guy who started pursuing his passion at the age of twenty-three and has almost started excelling in his field. I know a couple who are in their mid-60s and have started learning a foreign language.
And I know many of you, who are stuck in odd places, where you don't even want to stand. You want to choose another road, but you can't. Only because you think that it's too late, or you're too old or maybe because someone has told you that you have to settle before the age of twenty-four or whatever.
And somewhere, you have forgotten that life has more to offer than the random digits that determine how many candles you have to blow on your birthday.
To the people who are afraid to pursue their dreams because they fear that they will lag behind- chase your dreams and do whatever you like. Everything is nothing but a social construct. If a group of people will now follow something else, it will become a new trend. But make sure that you are doing what makes you happy.
And to the courageous people who don't care about what society says or thinks, keep going. There's a silly useless girl who will always admire you. And on days when she is tired, she will look at you and forget the thought of giving up.
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