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PROLOGUE
It’s been a while since I wrote something and shared it online. I must say it’s getting tough with age :p. But after all the laziness and inconsistency, here is a short work of mine – ‘The ABCs of Life’. Well, it’s funny that this short piece of writing started in 2022 but only finished recently. But I am glad that this gives me so much joy even today as it used to. The ABCs of Life is a 26-liner discussing the transitions in our lives, with each line dedicated to an alphabet.
The purpose of writing this is to give a moment, an opportunity, to all of us to revisit our childhood days and be grateful for all the good (or bad) that ever happened. It should hardly take a minute to finish reading, but I wouldn’t do that if I were you. This ain't a thriller, so why the rush?
Finally, I would encourage all of us to help me make this better. Unlike my other works, I prefer to keep it dynamic and to have new versions as we experience new things in life, because unlike alphabets, life doesn’t end at 26, It just begins! So, please feel free to share anything either by dropping a comment or reaching me personally. I would love to hear from you!
Here it goes...
From asking for his/her notes to asking for his/her hand in marriage, we all grew up!From breaking pencils to breaking promises, we all grew up!
From counting stars to counting memories, we all grew up!
From deleting homework to deleting messages, we all grew up!
From entering into the classroom to exiting from someone’s life, we all grew up!
From forgetting roll calls to forgetting birthdays, we all grew up!
From giving compliments to giving excuses, we all grew up!
From hiding letters to hiding feelings, we all grew up!
From ignoring assignments to ignoring texts, we all grew up!
From juggling lectures to juggling emotions, we all grew up!
From keeping up with classes to keeping up with work schedules, we all grew up!
From learning to speak to learning to survive, we all grew up!
From managing exams to managing stress, we all grew up!
From navigating through comics to navigating through case studies, we all grew up!
From offline texts to online dates, we all grew up!
From pen fights to private lives, we all grew up!
From questioning our choices to questioning societal norms, we all grew up!
From raising hands in classroom to raising voices against injustice, we all grew up!
From sharing lunch boxes to sharing burdens, we all grew up!
From taking leaves to taking responsibilities, we all grew up!
From updating textbooks to upgrading lifestyles, we all grew up!
From valuing friendships to valuing love, we all grew up!
From wearing school uniforms to wearing graduation gowns, we all grew up!
From xeroxing class notes to xeroxing resumes, we all grew up!
From yearning to spend to yearning to earn, we all grew up!
From zapping tv channels to zapping places and jobs, we all grew up!
From asking for his/her notes to asking for his/her number, we all grew up
From attending classes to attending troubles, we all grew up
From accepting punishments to accepting proposals, we all grew up
From birthdays to breakups, we all grew up
From carrying books to carrying emotions, we all grew up
From dealing with exams to dealing with stress, we all grew up
From discussing about life to discovering it, we all grew up!
From discovering joy to discovering struggles, we all grew up
From depending on others to depending on ourselves, we all grew up
From getting better to getting high, we all grew up
From growing old to growing mature, we all grew up
From giving chocolates to gifting surprises, we all grew up
From greeting teachers to greeting managers, we all grew up
From lying to teachers to lying to dear ones, we all grew up
From lending books to lending money, we all grew up
From narrating fictional stories to narrating personal success stories, we all grew up
From offering help to offering love, we all grew up
From phone conversations to playful emojis, we all grew up
From parting schools to parting colleges/offices, we all grew up
From travelling by road to travelling by air, we all grew up
From using crayons to using social media, we all grew up
From visiting to vacationing, we all grew up
From wearing school uniforms to wearing graduation gowns, we all grew up
From wishing on birthdays to wishing on anniversaries, we all grew up
From winning medals to winning people, we all grew up
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