Branded for life!!!

I very recently got a tattoo.Its a red coloured khanda(Sikh's religious symbol)which i got on my upper right arm.I wanted it for soo long but somehow always chickened out at the last moment.But during my second last week of my college life,i finally decided to go for it.

It hurted like hell during tattoo making and healing process,which btw lasted 15 days,but i am so glad i went for it.I had an awesom college life, both during my engineering days and specially during my MBA,and i just needed something to keep reminding me of the same.

I am now out of college and will face the real world(yeah..yeah..its a cliche).My life has already changed a lot and i know it will change,only time will tell if for better,but surely forever.Thats why this tattoo is so important for me,it will keep me reminding of the real me,even when i would be a 50 year old boring guy,that once i was young and energetic and rebel and probably stupid.

This tattoo also represents me.Altering body in any way(including getting tattoo) is forbidden in sikhism.And i got a tattoo of sikh religious symbol.So my tattoo is itself a big contradiction and i see my life,whenever i see my tattoo.

My life has been full of contradictions.I am an aithest sikh.I belong to one of the richest family but somehow hates spending money which i havent earned.I have had many flinges(and by many i really means many) but am still searching for a companion,a perfect love.I am one of the most outgoing guy of my college with a huge friend list but some how finds it difficult to fit into my local family friends group.And i can go on and on,on the same topic.

And this is exactly what a khanda in my arm represents.For people seeing it,it may be just a tattoo,a cool symbol of modernism,but for me it means a lot more.Its virtually my whole life story encripted in this 3x3 inch square of space.And all things said,one thing is for sure,i am surely branded for life.