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SELF REALIZATION Of all the meaningless meanders that the human mind is capable of, perhaps the most fascinating and inherently intriguing is the quest for self. Countless enlightened minds have pondered over it and yet many more will do it in the years to come. But looking for a definitive answer to a concept as abstract as the human mind is like opening the proverbial can of worms. It is a tricky labyrinth- one wrong step and you don't know where you come from and where you are going. Pontificating from the pulpit is certainly not the answer. Getting to know oneself requires much silent introspection. No two people are entirely the same. There is always that one thing setting them apart. That 'one thing' makes it difficult to categories people. You may be classified on the basis of how you look, where you come from or what job you do, but your mind is a fortress no one can breach. And that my friends, is your biggest strength, and your biggest weakness. I look at myself as a wanderer. To the others, I may come across as lacking direction. But it is this aimless, directionless wandering that is my redemption- because it makes me the person I am. Perception can alter the way you lead your life, for the better or for the worse. I wander, in search of my true calling, but with a striking feat in my heart. All my life, all my struggles have been in the hope of becoming someone people can know and admire. It is something I pray for to happen. It is something I am constantly working towards. It scares me to think that for all these years one thing that I have desperately wanted is to be different l, to stand out from the crowd, but alas what if all I can ever be \