There are a lot of changes that happen at work when it comes to our team’s seating arrangement. Of course, it happens with all other teams, but hey, I’m writing it now, so listen to MY issue. Okay?

Okay.

We’ve been moved around. A lot. The first time it happened. We were like, ‘Why Us?’!

And over time when it kept happening, we became used to it. Now, we’re like, ‘Oh New Place?’

Anyways, I’m not here to tell you my work story. That’s better for those awkward water-cooler moments.

What I get out of this is the ‘idea of change’. Just a mere thought of it sounds ridiculous. It only results in a collective burst of irritating ‘Why’s’! But when we become okay with it, it’s fun.

Whenever I was at home and Ammi used to see the phone in my hand, the world-famous ‘Aag laga dena re wo phone’ was the catch-phrase.

And just last month when both my parents were here. You know what happened?

So I walk upstairs, after locking my cycle, tired. Stood at the door and saw, Ammi on her phone watching a tv-show on Youtube, Abbu listening to some takreer on the Kindle. I stood there laughing. Stood there reminding them of ‘Aag lagadena wo phonaan ku’ !

Point is, Change is permanent. And as clichéd as this sounds, is a way of life. The longer we take the time to adjust to those, the longer we remain irritated by the thought of it.

Changing how we’ve lived our lives is never easy. We’re so used to ‘our way’. Sure, we all have our tastes and preferences, but nothing is the same forever.

We think of the past as something glorious. It hardly is in most of the cases.

Nostalgia is good. To the point that it shouldn’t stop us from enjoying the present or the future that we’re trying to build. So, it’s good to think, ‘Wish we were in School’ and sigh! But don’t forget how scared we used to get for not doing homework, writing 1000 impositions on ‘I won’t talk in class’ (Yeah that was fun) and tons of other things which are funny to remember NOW!

Things change. Agree sometimes the ‘changes aren’t good’ but that’s how nature is. It’ll change. We have to learn to deal with it. Put on some fun to it even if there’s none.

Waise, change se yaad aaya, 2000 ka change mil raha hai ? (Yet another change, huh :P)