Surreal!

This is so surreal!

My last post on this blog was exactly on the same date in 2011!!!
9 years have passed...& how!

The world is a different place!
My world is a different place!
People who took center stage back then have moved away...
Some people have gotten closer
New people have come into my life...

I am older today
Probably not wiser..
But definitely less naive.
The innocence has shut itself in a quiet corner somewhere...
An act of self conservation maybe...At least it's not dead (small victories)

Losses n life lessons have reshaped aspirations,
Reality has reshaped dreams.

Thankfully, "Hope" survived the decade...
I do still believe..
I do still hope..
That eventually,
All will be well..