Serendipity

Hello again, Sam here!

The year till now has been sort of surprises rolling out month on month with unexpected events-

Unravelling one by one with my own personal experiences.

As we have experienced this common phenomenon of days passing quickly as the year begins. The month of January is the prime example even this time it was similar but I got to experience something magical not over-exaggerating but describing how a "Coldplay" concert feels like! Yeah It was obviously out of my budget travelling to another city for a concert is just nuts but totally worth the money.

"You should at least for few times experience once in a lifetime moments without think tanking too much on the gist of that experience. Life indeed is very brief, you are gonna die someday and everything will go to literally zero plus/minus your existence, Enjoy before you regret the moment stating "I wish I could"

The next 2 months went fast by with nothing much happening just to brush upon memory we had celebrated the first birthday of my young cousin (Maternal side), damn he grew up really quickly being around him makes me rethink on our perspective towards life.

He (young boy) literally expresses himself every moment now and then, I believe kids have this charismatic aura around them - you could have an extremely bad day at work but still have a smile on your face when you play or just be around them.

My blog would always have something in common which are my academics i.e. exams, like every quarter even this one, I had my exam had prepped very hard this time in a short span of time and eventually got the positive results, one step closer to the aspiring degree - ACCA.

After I gave my exams, A week later, I took a very intuitive decision to resign from my current job. Yeah, It isn't calculated but just didn't felt like working and planned to look for some other roles. My notice period began, Financial year ends spares no one, even a notice period employee has to work more than 12 hours actually with less sleep, academic sacrifices, no birthdays, not attending any events and much more to explain but it was all worth it as they rightly say when "the going gets tough, the tough gets going".

When you work in an audit environment you are from day 1 briefed about the work period during financial year ends with glimpses of pressure at end of each quarter

Somehow by gods grace, I managed to get leaves during that period - sick leaves :(

and visited with all my family members by all I meant including cousins. We (including roughly around 16 people) visited the renowned Tirupati temple - this was our second trip with everyone with memories rolling back 16 years down the lane. It was simply wonderful visiting not only the main temples but every other holy sites around that city (Tirumala).

"No matter what religion you follow, what beliefs/ideologies you have, one cannot deny the magic/aura (call it anything) such holy temples hold. There's something in there which everybody experiences (whatever you may name it) unanimously it's a total blissful experience. You just surrender yourself to such experiences unknowingly"

Soon after I came back, multiple events came into place - results which I cleared, birthdays did not celebrate much due to over exhausting work , which finally came to an end in first week of may!

Moving on!

As I am writing this in a span , Our country has experienced a brutal terror attack to which we have right fully so responded with a strike i.e. war, which has for the moment is at cease.

There are so many deaths which have been in the news whether it be civilians or the brave hearted soldiers who lost their lives due to war. Often such instances are taken lightly in our mind frankly -so, unless someone close to our vicinity dies. Not mocking but just pointing out how our outlook on life changes when we see death.

This year I have seen many deaths around me including some close friends brother, neighborhood.

Just to bring on here - Few days back I was with a colleague inside a temple went there after long time. She got a call regarding death of immediate neighbor. Her whole world turn upside down after hearing such news and tears started rolling. I was watching her with an agony and realized how we casually underplay death. The person who died left behind family of two little kids with spouse.

"Death is certainly the most uncertain thing which is bound to happen to everyone. The sheerness of death you realize when you experience the uncertainty in your vicinity and when the time comes it will shake you the core fundamentally.

Life is indeed be going to be very brief (likewise mentioned earlier) you are just entangled in your daily routine until death shakes you up.

However, when you experience such moments you will realize gradually & eventually the importance/beauty of life - called "The Art of Living " in the present moment happily/peacefully"

Lastly,

Just like Virat Kohli has ended his test career leaving behind breaking mountain of records.

I'm currently at my last week of notice period leaving behind numerous amount of learnings and some great bonding's with few colleagues (hope to keep it alive :)

This was all from the not so short blog. I hope you'll live in the present moment :)

Thanks for reading till here, wish you the best!

Bye,

Sam :)

14.05.2025