Unpacking the suitcases.

To begin a new life is always a nice thing to do.
To move to places...to start all over again...
Especially when your life hasnt been going well. Even otherwise.
And I have been fortunate ( or unfortunate) to keep moving from places to places.
Just when I think, I have set my foot and have started settling down...I have been asked to move on. May be a special message to me from God, that nothing stays for ever? Or not to get attached to anything or anyone beyond the limit to say bye anytime?
anyways, so here I am in the new room. Just finished setting up my room, and my little table. I feel great. not thinking about the wonderful time I may have in this new place, not worrying about adjusting to this entirely new place, but simple, the thought that I have this little space given for myself makes me feel great.

I remember , the first time I moved out of home to a hostel room, it was just one suticase full of clothes, the hand written old letters and birthday cards of dear friends, my treasured diary and the bible that I carried. The suitcase got full with many more things in the hostel with each passing birthday, the numerous letters of friends left behind...the anticipation of those letters is some feeling that cannot be explained or expressed, and even more diaries.

When I left for the first job, the suitcases were more, but again, things werre almost similar. More clothes (even costlier than last time, cause I was moving into a "corporate" world :)),more letters, the same old bible ( but with the difference that the pages of Psalms was also distinguishly seen as read .Thanks to my unseen friend during college days who made me realize there was more to read in the Bible than just the new testament ).

Then it was moving from places to places. Without much difference,the clothes moved on, the Bible moved on, though the letters remained the same( nothing more added sadly!).

And this time, as I unpacked, I was surprised myself to see the items I had to arrange. When did old torn letters and postcards give way to laptop, camera, pendrives, gadgets and all electronic items!
Still, at the corner of the suitcase, there is still the Bible, that has moved on (though read less these days!:().