An enchanting place called Sabarimala-Part 1

"We are what we are because of our choices" ... This is wat Albus Dumbledore tells to Harry Potter at the climax of the Chamber of Secrets ... Somethin in tht stmt has really influenced me ... it even makes me wonder at times ... "How din i tink of tis bfore".. even worse ... "y did i ever do this in te 1st place ??" .. but then again .. its our choice ... Most of the times .. the human mind jumps into action without fully probing into the choices that are given to us ... It becomes a question of what is easy vs what is right ... and the former is the obvious for many of us many a times ... but hav v ever wondered wat happens the other way round .. I mean .. hav v ever tried to take a difficult choice in life and said "hey .. i m gonna do this .. jus coz its diff !!" .. sounds crazy rit .. well .. i jus happen to hav tried somethinh like that in life n thats wat i wanna share here ..

On the ongoing days of my 7th sem in my coll(frm sept to oct ...) wer a sequence of events which had its highs and lows, which had taken a toll on my emotional and mental stability ... i was in great dilemma and was pushed to my very limits .. al of thse strtd to hav a tellin effect on me an thse arnd me and that i din like 1 bit .. and at this juncture .. i was introduced to a very great thing in my life that i shall never dare to even 4get ..

With the beginning of the Karthiga month (Nov month) ... the preps 4 xam was strting to heat up and equally my mental turmoils wer having a pretty great toll on my body too ... too heavily frequented by pshycosmatically triggered illness .. i was suggested that i needed a change that wud allow me to concentrate on d better things in life .. That was wen a few of my frenz suggested me to observe a "Vritham" to pursue a yatra to Sabarimala .. Though initially i was hesitant to the idea.. I had an inexplicable feeling towards this and had even obtained consent frm my parents ..

Thus on Nov 17th began my austerity to meet the Holy Ayyappa in Sabarimala .. Though i did mention the word i don mean to take pride in it .. Greater stress and importance still lies in the fact that one learns to control his senses and mind to elevate his self to attain and acheive greater status spiritually and thereby excelling in the mortal world which is merely a by product of the what has been done.. This concept of "Vritham" was not without any purpose .. it has greater and far more complex meanings that any individual can comprehend lightly..