An illimitable gift

It’s not the usual way of opening a write-up but being rhetoric doesn’t always mean a jargon! So here comes the query : Have you been friends with anyone? As I said earlier, it’s a rhetoric. It’s a lovely feeling when u get to know people around you, get woven into a tangible fabric called friendship, enjoy every moment, everything seems magical…. The reason behind sharing such an immaculate part of our lives is not to put an end to its aura but to enliven the spirit.

Just ponder for a while – you are alone, you find no other soul to share your feelings with, no company to be with, no conversations to get involved in, no celebrations….leading an eerie life!! Sounds ridiculous! After all, each one of us requires a mate who will always be there, no matter what may come. Having your family with you is incomparable to the fact that you have myriad friends. They are two different worlds.

Though this frenzy journey begins from childhood, the ordeal comes later. Friendship can be true, mean, short-lived, everlasting. Will he/she be a good friend of mine? Can I trust him/her? Such questions do arise but not at the advent of it. Or should I put it this way – are they needed at all? How can a person be judged in the first meeting itself? And on top of all, the rumours about an individual makes him/her an imperfect company to be with. These are the actual happenings and no exaggerations. I’ve experienced such instances and learnt a lot, so sharing them is never a loss!

It’s true that we can’t have Samaritans all our way but we do have some of them. There are so many genre of individuals around us – sycophants, incredulous, sordid, apposite, mediocre… finding friends from this pool is not an easy task. But why to think so much when what we need is so little – an impregnable bond. This is where most of us fail. A person’s identity is neither written on his/her face nor it is in need of recommendations. Why can’t a true friendship be built on a true foundation?!? Again, ‘friendship’ is mostly misunderstood as a ‘relationship’ which gives rise to yet another question : can’t boys and girls be ‘friends’ ? (A good topic to debate upon…..some other time though ;-)) A friend is one with whom we can spend our lifetime, fearlessly. It is the richest gift of nature. A real and true friendship is free from the clutches of tenterhooks. Meeting people, knowing them, getting closer, sharing joys and sorrows makes every day count. While handling such a tender string new beads are bound to get involved. That does never mean one should forget the starting beads which made it stronger. It really hurts when old ones get sidelined due to new entrantsL

Repercussions are many but the strongest is – veracity. As it’s said : bring-in new ones but keep the old coz new ones are silver and old ones are gold. (I never expected myself to have been through this. Thanks to some… experience is a gr8 teacher) So friends, value every soul that makes you smile even for a moment, forgive those who hurt you for they helped you learn a lesson, spread your love and never cry in friendship cz for whom you cry may not deserve it and who deserves it, will never let you cry. There’s no other thing as important as that of returning thanks, so here I go… A true and big “THANKS” to all my pals who made me realize what life is and helped me grow as a person. Cheers!!