Marriage brings with it several changes in one’s persona. I remember how nervous I was on the day of my wedding.

Everything seemed to be preparing for a new dawn – a new beginning that was supposed to bring me closer to what I was destined to be conferred with.

Fears enveloped my thoughts and my heart pounded with exhilaration and nervousness at the same time.

It seemed as if the pendulum of destiny was moving to and fro telling me of the two big likely situations – joy or sorrow.

Whether everything will turn-out like a happily ever-after fairy tale or vice versa?

Will I be able to shoulder the new roles of this life? Will I continue to relish the personal freedom I currently have?

In the midst of all these thoughts, I happened to see my grandma who was busy in the preparations. At this age, when people retire themselves from the manacles of relationships in life; she was as vibrant as she would have been several years back.

The wrinkles on her face barely managed to dampen her spirit to live life joyfully. She came closer to me and asked what I was thinking, I said about my future...

She smiled with a whistle that came complimentary with her age and said, “If I thought about my future, I would live only waiting and guessing which day I would die”.

“So what do you have to worry about? You can make everything beautiful the way you want with your mind’s youthful flexibility. The streams of joy flow within you!”

After she left the room, I pondered on the big message that trickled through this brief conversation, no matter how things change around us; they change for us ONLY when we think.

Now when the fairytale has concluded beautifully; I cherish that beautiful conversation that cascades with it the beauty of life!