Blogging online is a lot like hearing our voices on a video recording. Cringe, awkward and the need to constantly press delete and throw in the trash. But anyway here goes..
I am a fan of Greek Yogurt. Coming from India, where I am constantly consuming dahi, my only choice here is yogurt. A few weeks ago, I purchased some groceries and without thinking threw the packet of Greek Yogurt on my backpack along with the other food products. You can imagine what happened when I reached home. The milk cartoon with its super sharp edges had pierced the Greek Yogurt top, and it all spilled over my entire backpack.
For the next few hours, my backpack and room was smelling of strawberry greek yogurt.
Anyways, nothing profound occurred to me, until the next time, I made my way to Jumbo supermarket and bought another packet of greek yogurt, and this time... this time I remembered my mistake. I was extra cautious even at check-outs and managed to carefully put all my groceries in my bag, and carried the yogurt on my hand, as I walked home. Careful not to repeat the same mistake again!
This short but profound incident reminded me of the mistakes we make in life.
Once we commit a mistake, we become more cautious, more careful, vigilant and try not to repeat the same mistake again. It reminded me of the failed relationships we had in our past, the failed career choices, or certain addictive habits and living with the consequences of it. It reminded me of how in a strange morbid way, I am now thankful for the mistakes I made in the early part of my life, and feeble as I am now, it taught me to be grateful, humble, patient and careful.
And so, with my greek yogurt incident, I hope to encourage anyone reading this, let us not live our lives in constant regret over the mistakes of our past, but may we be grateful for the lessons it taught us.
And remember not to press- repeat.
