Of people and places...

She returned after a long time. She was away from home for the last 2.5 years and finally when she returned, she didnt realize that it would be the forever story. Little did she know that she wouldn't know when she would be running away from home again, for her Visa was rejected and she had no where to go now.

So, going by history, she should have been dejected. But somehow, the stability that she was long searching for was found back home, a place she hasnt stayed for a long time in the last 8 years of her life. The last time she was home, she was bitter at the way she was treated by certain people, but this time, I guess she was mentally prepared and so the hurt was a lot less. She had worse things to deal with this time. The grand father she lived with all her life was no more. The brother who was her sole emotional support at home was now miles away in a country she used to call her second home. So she was forced to play a different role this time - someone who would keep the loneliness away from home. How much she managed to achieve it is open for arguments.

Along the way, she learnt a few new things. She saw how life had changed for all of her friends. Some changed themselves, while others changed the way they dealt with people. It was a heady mix and made a perfect scenario of human behavioural study :) And she was not complaining. She still felt, she managed to understand people the best. She learnt to rally along without the support system that she normally had. She realized that it was not difficult after all. It just takes a little bit of getting used to... and she was getting used to this life for sure...

So, why am I writing all this...? Life is about the way you learn to handle it. It is not dependent on a certain subset of people of places. It is the adaptibility that scores over anything else. You could crib and cry or you could just learn to live with it and make the full of any scenario. Life is so much better when you realize that there are far too many things to enjoy than the things you would hate. So yeah, it is all about how you handle and how you modify the scenarios to your advantage. People make a difference, the special people in your life continue to exist... but the sooner you realize the intricacies of a relationship, the better you can handle them.