It's Thanksgiving.. I guess I'm thankful.. for family,friends and all the good stuff.. 28 years I've walked this Earth and I've learnt that a lot of what I am today has to do with where I came from.
When I was younger, I used to think that life wasn't all that good, going to school wasn't all that fun, being competitive was not my thing, in short, I wasn't too proud of where I came from. As a part of growing up, I've realized that I was so wrong, in so many ways. I know today that I wouldn't have had it any other way.
I'm thankful today that I know who my real parents are, that I have a sister who I get along with, that I've never had to resort to addiction to get over my problems, that I respect my parents as much as I did 4 years ago when I left India to live the American Dream, that I always put education before everything else, that I was by my Dad's side when it counted, that I had the strength to make it through this long and bumpy 2009, that I proved to myself what I am capable of doing, that I took some calculated risks that paid off, that I knew the pecking order of my priorities all along.
Though this has tons to do with how I was brought up, I think it has a lot to do with where I came from and the values that were instilled in me. I always tend to complain about my country but I know today that being born in India was the best thing that could have happened to me. It paved the way for great things and will continue to do so... It's always where you come from..
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