IF ONLY

"They say people come and go. But the truth us no one really disappears from your life. People never really leave. Their roles just change."

I'm not the type of girl who reacts delightfully at movies or romantic scenes. I'm neither the type who cries at the movies when somebody dies. However, I feel sad, or may be not that sad, over some scenes which give me a pause.
Do you remember the commercial of Flanax? Two old men who are brothers gives biking another chance. They they were doing the same old things when they were still small. When this scene flashed, it gave my heart a little kick. ISn't it nice to be a child again? How I wish sometimes that we could turn back time. Not really to change things but just to again what made us really happy and simply leave in peace.
Another commercial that painted a sad smile on my face was McDo's. It's the commercial about two kids who met at McDo, became friends and eventually became best friends. The little girl became the little boy's first love. When they grew up, she married another man. HOw funny life is! Not quite tragic ending but it made me think of what ifs. WHat could have happened if it was another way around? But we really can't change things in the past. What happened there still happened.
Then I read "The Cabuliwallah" by Rabindranath Tagore. I read how the two fathers wantewd their little girls to remain as little girls. But we can't really help it, people grow and peole change. The only way to stay happy today is to accept changes.
Many moths ago, when I was still wallowing in pain and heartaches, I was struggling to find happiness in my life. I thought I was happy and I'm not. It became a juggle that I could not recognize real happiness. Then a kind soul told me, "The best feeling in this world is realizing you're perfectly happy without the things you thought you needed most." And guess what? I am perfectly happy.
We go on living and move into the future. We have a happy life and hope for a happier one. Today is today but sometimes when we see an old picture or two, don't you just wish you could turn back time?