Another
year has passed…
And
it still feels like a new beginning.
With
five years gone, there’s much that has changed.
Five
years ago this time, after much thought; the wheels were set to roll.
Like
the almost negligible crunching of pebbles that is heard on the ground
when
a cart starts to move,
words
were scarce, ideas shallow and scattered few and far between.
Gradually,
just like the cart speeding across the road, crushing the bigger stones,
burying
them further deep inside the earth,
more
concrete ideas were born, hurling behind the fears of failure,
burying
them in sands of time,
walking
the route walked by many, the same road, the same land.
Learning.
Improving.
And
another year has passed…
And
new acquaintances, leading where, no one knows, were formed.
So
many people met, so many more forgotten and many not yet known.
So
many people met, so many more forgotten and many not yet known.
New
friends, equally passionate about walking the same road with you,
maybe
not hand‑in‑hand, but word‑by‑word, kept clutched to the heart.
Some
others perceived as more, chose to walk away.
Yet,
learning, growing by conquering boulders in the path that once made you to
stop, divulge;
almost
quit,
are
no longer boulders, but a part of what is left behind, just traces.
And
another year has passed…
Living
through everything you face and feel, transforming them into words, is not
easy.
But
a pinch of inspiration peppered with confidence and bounty of love, is all you
need to keep you going!
Nothing
is as hard, nothing as difficult as taking that first step when you began.
But
nothing gets as wonderful as the memories you make, once you’ve begun.
Phase
of uncertainities will leave; what made you live through those times, will
live.
Times
will test, but sticking by what you desire is all that makes the difference.
And
this is still just a bit from the pot of gains you’ve treasured through time.
Because
although another year has passed,
it
has left behind marks.
It
only reminds of all the good times that are yet to come and
so
will follow more love, more happiness and more worded treasures.
Turned
around the corner and The Connoisseur's Journal is another year old.
This
is a dedication post to all those friends and musicians out there who
have helped me make it big.
Happy new year to one and all. Here's to more great music in 2015.
- Jayrajsinh Chavda 'Aazad'
