Change is another term for Adjustment?

Change…. It is often permanent. And once it is done you cannot go back to the past to re-enjoy it or redo it.

A child in a mother’s womb is safe and dependent. The child communicates through the mother. All its needs are fulfilled through the mother.

When the baby is born it enters a completely different environment. Child is exposed to the new surroundings and is no more in the safety of her mother’s womb. Everyone wants to take the baby in their hands. The child is now a little independent. She is eating her own food, trying to know the world on her own.

But that’s just the starting of understanding the term “adjustment” or “change”.  A girl has to go through a lot of adjustments and changes all through her life.

The girl grows and it’s time for her to go to school. The little girl holding her parent’s forefinger with her tiny little hands. She cries when they try to let go off on reaching the primary school. It’s her first day at school and she befriends a few more kids like her who are crying.

In her school life she realizes who are her true friends and who are to be called just “friends”. A girl is often tagged and trust me we are strong enough to deal with it as well. She doesn't really realize how she grew up into a young lady…leaving behind a lot in the process..

The 12^th class takes a toll on everyone.  The pressure, and tension. Our life revolves around the course books and tuition. All of us know that in that 3 month period we actually cut off from the world. It changes many equations of our life. And of course the pressure and tension pays off if we get into a good college or get a course of our own choice.

College life. Its not that easy. New people. New system. Expectations. New subjects.

Leaving behind friends with whom you have spent your entire school life.  The people you have grown up with. They know you like the back of their hand. In college she has entirely new set of people to deal with. Expectations to be fulfilled. Sometimes a girl travels a lot during her college time. And any city isn't safe for a girl. Specially if you do not belong to the same town.

Once she enters a professional life she has deadlines to be met. I m pursuing journalism, lets be very frank, journalism is a profession where there are no office timings. You can be called up at work any time of day or night. And there is family to be looked out for. How can someone ignore the society and their at times idiotic norms.

Its very parent’s dream to see their daughter settled and married before they leave. A marriage is not  just a bond between two individuals but two families. The girl leaves behind her family, her lifestyle and adjusts into new family….

and the circle of adjustment gets passed on like this to every generation.