Blog by: Lata Advani Viseu

“Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn”
Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison

Life is a journey we all walk alone, even when we are surrounded by others.

Along the way, people hop on and off, friends, coworkers, partners, even our kids. Some stay for a while, some just pass through. And sometimes, we think someone’s going to be with us until the very end… but the truth is, no one walks the exact same path forever.

Eventually, they become memories and bottled nostalgia. Little snapshots of laughter, love, and lessons tucked away in the corners of our minds. Even while we’re making those memories, there’s this quiet awareness that everything is temporary.

The joy we feel in the moment often turns into longing later. Every rose has its thorn. And sometimes, we don’t realize how good something was until it’s gone. That’s when regret sneaks in.

But every person we meet leaves a mark. We shape each other, sometimes in big ways, sometimes in ways we don’t notice until much later.

They may not walk beside us forever, but their essence stays with us, in our choices, our habits, our hearts.

So even when we walk alone, we’re never truly alone. We carry pieces of everyone we’ve loved, lost, or learned from.

Maybe that’s the quiet beauty of life…not the permanence, but the imprint.

Quotes:

“Whatever comes, let it come, what stays let stay, what goes let go.” ― Papaji

“People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book.” — Nicholas Sparks

“Some people come into our lives as blessings, others as lessons.” — Mother Teresa

“Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future”. ― Daphne Rose Kingma