It is a new month, a new day, a new moment.
The first month of the year is over! Felt like a looong month!
On my way to school during one of the days in the first month, I saw a beautiful big peacock in the middle of thick trees. In fact it was standing tall just like all other trees surrounding it. It was a beautiful sight, as the blue colour of her neck was standing out in the middle of all the green. A few metres down the road, I saw 5 or 6 peacocks and peahens sunbathing on a fence, sitting next to each other in a line. One can imagine my excitement.
So few weeks have passed since the above incident. Now, everyday since then I have been looking at the same spot and hoping to see the peacocks. It just hit me that there is a very remote chance that I will see the peacocks again at the same spot. And I have not. But I still look 🙆This is how our mind plays games with us. Once we experience something beautiful or a happy moment, the mind craves for this beauty or happiness all the time. Knowingly or unknowingly we hope for or look forward to a similar experience/feeling/situation. This hope continues till it happens or till a better experience comes up. This is how we try to ensure certainty in life! It is so difficult for our mind to accept uncertainty!
Similarly, anytime the mind experiences grief/sadness, it feels that the grief may come back at some point again and as a result the fear creeps in and we become fearful of experiences/feelings/situations.
This is why we keep saying "good old days" or "it was so nice when we were in college or when we were young" or "when I was in that house/neighborhood" etc. Once we have lived a certain way, we want that same way for the rest of our lives. Isn't it?
Today is Vasanta Panchami and the first thing I read this morning was about celebrations - celebrating every single thing. Sometimes I used to wonder why we have to celebrate every thing, but I now realize that by celebrating something we give more energy to the good things in life. Celebrating the smallest of small things helps us in seeing all the little blessings we have and not focus on what we don't have.
Here's to not seeking or hoping for the same experience every time as it is impossible to gain the same moment. Here's a reminder to us that every moment is a new one, every moment changes, no feeling/moment/thought/emotion/experience/situation is permanent 
Here's to making new memories all the time and to celebrating every small thing in life!
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