Yet another upwards flick in the last digit of one's constantly increasing age. Two contradictions arise out of nowhere; One rejoices over the flipping off the previous chapter to a new one fresh with new twists and turns at every page of it, whereas the Other ponders on the reason for popping the champagne over the process of ageing. While one is sitting on the fence watching the battle rage on, upon further reflection, one realizes there are more than meets the eye.

For all of one's smiles and laughters, they are all but a facade. Appreciation of effort is one thing, but to claim genuine bliss is of a different matter. As recently as this day itself, one was questioned on how one's life is. For that, one does feel a twinge of guilt prickling at one's heart for misleading the concerned parties into the meadows where all is pretty. If only they knew the bogs and marshes lying within. Well, for once, let one share alittle insight with those who wants to know.

So they say, a picture tells a thousand words. One finds that the chosen one relates best to current situations. A winding road spreads before one. The only way is to go forward. But what lies ahead seems dark and lonely. A heavy mist falls upon it, heightening one's hestitation to embark of this journey into the unknown. But yet, one's heart is tugging at one, forming an arrow that is without a doubt pointing the way forward. The heart cries out that somewhere beyond the countless bends, there is light. One just has to be gallant enough to overcome the uncertainties that lies yonder, and only then would one reap what one has sown. However, one's mind is trying to keep one's feet rooted to the ground. It only has one say though; What if one gets lost in this voyage?

And such is the way life is now.