When the Universe said Amen...

2012-01-28T08:24:00.000-08:00

Be careful what you wish for, they always told me. But then again so do they say reading a book in low light ruins your eyes and Dr. Oz clearly proved them wrong!

I moved to the cold white north in September last year and I was welcomed with a breeze. To a girl from so close to the equator, that meant covering up in 3 layers of clothing. Little did I know that what we call winter back home does not even qualify as a Fall in my new home. The idea of 4 seasons was new to me and so was it to my wardrobe. Quickly adjusting to the new environment my wardrobe transformed itself to have more clothing than I remember.

And then prevailed Winter. The coldest, numbest feeling crept in me. My claims of "I like the cold better than the scorching Sun" fell apart all at once. The snow was pretty when it didn't touch the ground. The trees were leafless and I wasn't sure if they'd felt as strongly about the cold as I did. The pigeons that dodged me on my way to school everyday were all gone. (Trust me if you have ever been to Toronto and walked on the street you will not be able to convince a pigeon to give you way. They are stubborn like that.) Everything around me suggested I HATE WINTERS!

I wished to have a warmer winter. I wished to see the Sun everyday. I wished there was no snow.

2011 went by as quickly as it came and it was time for the much awaited and talked about "End of the World" year. I was skeptical about the idea all along. But the winter suggested otherwise. Everyone was happy about a warm November, everyone was impatient about the idea of not having a white Christmas and everyone was terrified at a non-snowy January. Every rainy day of January suggested something was wrong with the Universe. It wasn't behaving as normal. The trees weren't sure whether to shed their leaves and the pigeons were confused what direction to fly to. The Sun was a permanent resident of the sky. Everything I hoped for had come true, and yet I wasn't happy.

The world might not end in 2012 but if we don't mend our ways, it might just be the beginning of the end.

A Musing

When the Universe said Amen...