A is for Apple
A is also for Anxiety. And Alive. A is also for Abundance and Absolute I grew up in a family, where my anxiety before examinations was misinterpreted as conscientious. My parents unknowingly enabled it by removing a lot of tasks from my plate so that I could focus all my mental energies intensely on one complex problem in academics and take it to its solution. To exacerbate the problem, my efforts, tears and nights of anguish were rewarded by my teachers and university examination boards with good grades, trophies and certificates. All this meant that, nothing needed to change. No matter the what the difficulty of the challenge, the joy after said accomplishment was short-lived , if any. A solemn celebratory dinner with the family without much fanfare. My practical parents, considered it boastful to speak highly of their children’s victories. Of course, I did not pay much attention to these ‘trivi al’ absurdities - as long as my brain was able to process what was being taught in cla...