Time !

It is never possible to understand the time that flows by , to understand that we are ageing . I for example never feel the burden of age on me except for some added responsibilities . It is difficult to judge time . Sometimes it is the people around you and the surrounding which make you realise the essence of time. You meet your favourite uncle/aunty of your childhood whom it feels you had just met yesterday , but then you see them grown old...older and weaker from the image you had of them , and you realise with a jolt that 'yesterday' was actually 20years. That little girl of your residential complex who was in class-2 that day sends you a friend request ...first you are confused who this pretty young lady is whose name sounds so familiar ...then you realise it is actually that kid who now is a pretty,grown up lady and that in between 15years have passed. While going the almirah in your mother's home...you come across that favourite dress of yours which you had specially made for your school leaving party and almost fought with your mother for it...now you find the design outdated,the colour not so bright anymore but it brings back those fond moments of school life almost like a flood ...the best part of your life which you can visualize by closing your eyes but the dress in your hand tells you that it was a life you have left behind long ago. You decide to visit your childhood home...you remember every detail of that home...every room , every corner...it was only that day you had that big birthday party in that home , that day when father bought you that red cycle and you started learning it in that garden in front of your home....now when you stand in front of the house you see it broken,see it in a real bad shape...you feel your heart in your mouth and realise that the number of years passed in between is not less . Time , has its own way of telling us its value.. but why is it always late(well...almost always!) until we realise its value ??