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I form a bond with everything. I feel that God has placed beauty and love
all around us; in the tiniest of pebbles, sand, grass (golden or green), in the
mountains, in the snow, in the dolphins and the horses, in the quest for the

meaning of life. Now you might think that I am saying this because I am in
Goa - a supposed heaven on earth, and so it makes sense for me to say that.
But I formed bonds back on the ship too, back in time too.
Have you ever felt pain while abandoning an apartment and moving to
another? Yes, I have and so have you.

Have you ever cried for hours because someone too close to you passed
away? Of course you have.

Have you ever loved knowing that the other person doesn’t love you?
Yes!
We all form bonds. Rather, it’s only human to form bonds, ephemeral or
forever. And you must find peace in your capacity to make deep and

fulfilling bonds with everything around you.
The thing you’ve come to form a bond with will not be by your side
forever. Neither will you. Again, that’s nature - ever changing yet

magnificent. But the love that you’ll receive and give back will last forever.
Will bonds hurt? Yes, they will. But bonds will heal you too.

A bond will form in a place but a bond will rest in time.
Why do we feel so strongly for some things in life? Some experiences?
Some people? I don’t have an answer and that’s when I know I have found

a soulmate. It is love beyond imagination. My feelings are as deep and
unfathomable as the depth of the sea.
The sea has taught me so much that I now look up to it as my mentor, my
family. The waves taught me to be consistent in my efforts. They are proof
that the hardest of rocks become sand when the waves don’t give up. The

sea has helped me discover the most beautiful of species and the most
precious of rock matter.
I still remember my days back on an island in the southern Indian Ocean

when afternoons would mean playing with the starfish and jellyfish who
would float by my side! The sea is the love of my life, and yes, it is okay to
fall in love with nature, and I know that it will keep calling me and teaching
me the best of lessons. Sometimes I discover things and sometimes I just
discover myself with every minute I spend in the sea.