Biryani's and Bewilderness

By learning you will teach;
by teaching you will understand.
Latin Proverb

So it is a new year and unfortunately with last nights biryani the diet has gone out of the window but the new years resolution hasn't. You never can quite realise how much you have changed until you look back. Some people will find this daunting as they won't have moved much; others incredible because they are practically a different person. This is why some people block out the past. But isn't that what a new year is all about; reflecting on the past and looking to the future. Where does the present fit into that?

The past is for you to learn from, it is not for you to fear. Everything in life is a learning curve whether its buying those sale shoes using your nearly maxed out overdraft and the falling flat on your face wearing them. Clearly this was a lesson; don't buy crazy shoes using your overdraft. Or whether, it is something huge like having your heart broken. Heartbreak heals and you have a second chance. The great thing about it is it makes you stronger; you learn from it; you become a person that you might not have necessarily otherwise.

I look back at the past two years and I don't care whether it means I have to look back at bad memories because I can see how much I have changed as a person; how much a negative thing at the time sent me on a crazy path filled with some of the loveliest people I have ever met; that and a load of crazy vintage clothes. I still ask the question of some people, "will you still be here tomorrow or will you leave in the night?" But the crazy thing is, you don't know what is around the riverbend just like Pochontas! You can put barriers up against people but you will never get anywhere; you can put barriers up at different cultures and you can stereotype but you will never get anywhere. Rebecca Ferguson states in one of her songs, "so your waves don't crash around me, i'm staying one step ahead of the tide." The problem is, if you do this, you will never learn anything. There are definitely going to be people in your life who let you down, its human nature, but there are going to be others who make your world the fun exciting place to be that it is.

That is why I continually try new things; i trust any new people that i meet (unless they seem really dodgy lol.) After all, I did try a tandoori chicken biryani last night and i'm feeling fabulous today (although I do feel slightly heavier lol.) And before you say anything, yes I am a crap vegetarian.

xoxo