Good bye 20s....I will miss you soon....

The first feeling of freedom in one's life comes when one starts going to college....at least it did for me. The feeling of being able  to travel on your own to a world of its own possibilities, to a world of new friends and a canvas of unlimited dreams is truly the feeling of freedom.

Its interesting, whenever I rewind my life to the most happiest and most carefree days of my life, I think of my college days. The feeling of the moist cool sea breeze across our faces as we crossed the creek on our local trains to get to college, the overrated jokes from F.R.I.E.N.D.S giving us a sense of uber coolness, the innumerable teenage crushes on cricketers and others.....all gave us a sense of freedom, we had never experienced. 

While college life brought its own challenges and heartbreaks, it made us aware of a world beyond our high schools and homes. It brought us face to face with so many different facets of our own society that we were never aware of. 

College life brought friends, hopes and dreams into our lives. It told us what we were capable of. It was a place where inexperienced visions of life melted away to give way to a more mature understanding of life. 

It was a time of countless hours spent sipping coffee and having some what serious discussions about life and sundry. It was a time of exploring our own city with new eyes. It was a time of sneaking away from college to watch movies and cricket. It was a time of using our student ids to get into air conditioned art galleries for free to beat the heat. It was time to go a particular Goan restaurant for a cheap plate of prawn fried rice. It was a time of carefully counting our pocket money and buying trinkets off the street. It was a time, when the sky seemed bluer and the world looked like a glass half full. 

As I stand on the threshold of my fourth decade in the world, I suspect, I will soon look back into my 20s, as a period of growing maturity and subtle mannerism . I will look back at my 20s as enjoying my freedom with a growing sense of responsibilities. I will look back at my 20s as a time when the F.R.I.E.N.D.S didn't make you laugh as hard and cups of coffees are gulped down with a great sense of urgency. 

So good bye 20s, I will miss you soon...