Shelley Mishra

  This picture was clicked by me on a cold winter day, towards the end of the year, a day of both introspection and learning.  27th of December 2022 Dear 2022 As I prepare to give you a memorable farewell, I wish to look back at my time spent with you. Through this letter, I invite you to the farewell that I have planned for you as well as communicate to you and retrospect the three sixty five days I spent with you.  You arrived with a basket full of new souls, friendships, hardships, love, grudges and adventures. But as I rushed to unwrap all of these, you held my hand and did not allow me to uncover all of it in the spur of the moment. I was disappointed; I was irked by the fact that you kept all of these things wrapped and housed within the basket. You smiled and said,“Friend, all of these are meant to be opened at the right time. I assure you that you shall look at all of them. I do not promise that all of these will be gifts for you, since the word ‘gift’ implies it...

  Dated: 8th of December 2022 It was yet another day of introspection, inner chaos, transformations and adventures. But I didn’t want to step out of my house, I felt tired and upset for reasons that were unknown. “I feel that the day won’t go as expected. The schedule for today is exciting, it’s about learning, but somehow, my intuition says that everything won’t happen as ideally as I wish it would happen.” I said to myself. I reasoned my thoughts and believed that they simply stemmed from the fact that I was burnt out due to my constant thoughts about a certain event on a certain day that I eagerly looked forward to. I looked at the rising sun, at the surrounding clouds and felt ready for the day. I tied up my locks into a ponytail, picked up my favourite bracelet and stepped out. “Infinite. Yes, the possibilities are infinite. There’s so much that’ll come my way and I’ll make through it all.” I reiterated. My bracelet that was embedded with the “infinite” symbol rested elegantly...