For Sheetal.... A sweet inspiration....
My friend asked me "How long do you think this relation will last?" To which I said I dont know and I am glad I dont. She was a bit surprised to hear my response and asked me again "I just wanna know what you think about this relation...." I didnt realise how profound this is till I actually said. I told her "okay.... Lemme explain you this way, we all know that we die around 80-90 maybe early. But if I was to tell you that you have exactly 54 yrs, 3 months and 10 days. How will your life be from the next moment?" She was quiet. "Similarly if I was to tell you that this relation is going to last 14 yrs 6 months and 22 days, how would you feel about it? What would you start thinking?" Now before you read the next paragraph, ask this question to yourself.
I realised how good it is that we dont know whats happening tomorrow. Or for that matter whats happening in the next moment. It makes life so worthwhile. Imagine the life of a prisoner who knows exactly what is going to happen every single day till he is out of the jail. We would never have been able to understand the importance of "Surprise". Predictability has always been a challenge to handle. One of the reasons I love my job now is because I really dont know what am I gonna do tomorrow. I have my calender, but I am just not sure of my intellectual and creative inputs. It streches my imagination as far as it could and still realise the next day that the whole day was absolutely different than what I had percieved.
I was waiting in the window talking to my friend cribbing about the fact that its not raining and its super hot. In the next 20 mins, it rained like crazy. The transition from me knowing its not raining to when it started and I became aware that it is raining was one of the most beautiful moments today. This wud not have been possible if our MET dept wud have been able to tell me exactly when it is gonna rain. I play with my nephew and I know most of the times what pleases him and what makes him smile. However, there was this one day when I was leaving for my office and I go and see him before I leave. He was fast asleep. When I went to see his beautiful innocent face, he was sound asleep. All of a sudden, out of the blue, he smiled. Still sleeping but a smile. That day was the most beautiful day of my life coz I got one of the best "Suprises". Those are the moments that make life meaningful when you expect a very small and a simple thing and it happens.
