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Somewhere I belong

I am a die hard fan of harry potter series, both movies and books. But definitely more of books. And I keep reading it once in a while, I just open any random part with any random page number. And then I find myself spending an hour, submerged in the world of magic. So when recently, after reading few pages, I thought to myself, why do I do this. I mean, after all, I know every page of this book. 

And then I asked around, in my circle, if anyone does this. And apparently, everyone has a thing or two. Somebody watches FRIENDS again and again. Somebody likes to watch some YouTube series. Another one likes to read some book, again and again. Someone loves to listen narrations by Pu La Deshpande, Someone watches highlights of some old sport event.

And why do we do this? There are very few things in life, we experience, which makes us really happy. And that happens when we feel like we are part of the experience. For example, while reading Harry Potter, I always feel like I'm in hogwarts, myself. As if I'm roaming with Harry, Ron and Hermoine. When Harry plays Quiditch, I find myself wishing to win his match. I feel like I am there.
Same goes with any of the things I mentioned earlier. People find FRIENDS characters as there own friends. They find as if they get to spend time in central perk(a cafe in FRIENDS). 

And I guess that's the thing. We all try to figure out to belong somewhere. Cause feeling of belonging gives us the false sense of security. And makes us feels less lonely. And everybody has to face the feeling of loneliness once in a while in our lives. And in times like those, these virtual characters, virtual experiences makes us feel that we are not so lonely after all. 

It can be a movie, a show, a book, some old songs or anything that takes you away from the real world. For me it is Hogwarts, or 221b Baker street, or Central Perk cafe, cause sometimes that's where I belong.

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  1. Unknown18 August 2019 at 10:16

    Cool writing dude!! keep it up!!

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  2. Sahil Ghatage18 August 2019 at 12:36

    Its the story behind why the people like me wants to few things again and again...Nicely Expressed ...😊

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