I must have done something right!

Sometimes in life we learn many lessons only by accident. Most of the times we don't really know that we have till you look back... As the great innovator Steve Jobs quoted, “ You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."

Here is my attempt to word my feelings about my journey so far...

I Must Have Done Something Right... 

I was but a teen when I decided to become a rebel,

Breaking rules and making mistakes,

Wandering off in wilderness of my own,

Not wanting walls or fences or gates.

          I decided not to become what others saw me as,

          A doctor or an engineer or a lawyer or an MBA,

          Lesser walked was the path I chose,

          But it was my choice, my calling, my say!

People questioned and doubted my choices,

They shunned me thinking I was good for nothing,

I confused them by not bothering about them,

I was happy even though I didn't have everything.

          They told me to get married and have a child or two, 

          I didn't fit their idea of perfection,

          I still stood my ground steady and tall

          Happily single, boss of my own life, slave of my own passion.

They never understood what walking alone meant, 

For they were running with rats in a race,

I did cry my eyes out when alone,

But through the day I had a brave face.

          Today I look back and see the path I walked,

          Struggled and thorny yet happy and dignified,

          I bear the scars of battles fought and won,

          And hence I can sleep a dreamless night.

Today I hold a life full of people

Who got filtered along the way,

For I can trust them blindly like my own self,

For they shall love me in December like they do in May.

          I hold in my arms a smiling life

          And rest my head on loving shoulder of my man strong,

          I look at pride in my parents' eyes

          And I know I must've done some right amongst so much wrong.

PS : Its been months since I have posted something... Hope you like it!