I have been hurt and hurt badly again. It has been an year since I am back from Belgium, where I had such an enjoyable life. Ever since I am back, everything seems to be fizzling out. I was without a project for around three months; even when I got into a project, I was non-billable for three months. The project I am into is a production support one, which sucks the better part of my energy. I put in so much effort to build a team, which time-to-time doesn’t live up to the expectation. My promotion has been put on hold for a long time.

Amidst all of this, there was something beautiful happening. Or I thought so. Even after so much of hurt, I took the effort to come out of my shell and started to enjoy that beauty. I let the breeze of warmth enter my soul. I was dreaming again of a better life. Lo! the beauty that I thought was mine turned out to be an illusion. Now I am all the more hurt and struggling to face reality.