Another year has passed…
And it still feels like a new beginning.
With five years gone, there’s much that has changed.
Five years ago this time, after much thought; the wheels were set to roll.
Like the almost negligible crunching of pebbles that is heard on the ground
when a cart starts to move,
words were scarce, ideas shallow and scattered few and far between.
Gradually, just like the cart speeding across the road, crushing the bigger stones,
burying them further deep inside the earth,
more concrete ideas were born, hurling behind the fears of failure,
burying them in sands of time,
walking the route walked by many, the same road, the same land.
Learning. Improving.
And another year has passed…
And new acquaintances, leading where, no one knows, were formed.
So many people met, so many more forgotten and many not yet known.
So many people met, so many more forgotten and many not yet known.
New friends, equally passionate about walking the same road with you,
maybe not hand‑in‑hand, but word‑by‑word, kept clutched to the heart.
Some others perceived as more, chose to walk away.
Yet, learning, growing by conquering boulders in the path that once made you to stop, divulge;
almost quit,
are no longer boulders, but a part of what is left behind, just traces.
And another year has passed…
Living through everything you face and feel, transforming them into words, is not easy.
But a pinch of inspiration peppered with confidence and bounty of love, is all you need to keep you going!
Nothing is as hard, nothing as difficult as taking that first step when you began.
But nothing gets as wonderful as the memories you make, once you’ve begun.
Phase of uncertainities will leave; what made you live through those times, will live.
Times will test, but sticking by what you desire is all that makes the difference.
And this is still just a bit from the pot of gains you’ve treasured through time.
Because although another year has passed,
it has left behind marks.
It only reminds of all the good times that are yet to come and
so will follow more love, more happiness and more worded treasures.
Turned around the corner and The Connoisseur's Journal is another year old.
This is a dedication post to all those friends and musicians out there who have helped me make it big. Happy new year to one and all. Here's to more great music in 2015.
- Jayrajsinh Chavda 'Aazad'
