Feb-rules
It’s that time of the year again(and it’s got nothing to do with Valentine’s Day)!
I notice the same things happening in February every year. There’s this light-hearted feel about everything. Sunny long days make me feel alive again, and the clear sky makes me breathe afresh(de-congestant for my blocked nose). I’m starting to get up early everyday(read, at 8 am). Plus, the exams are over. I miss The Mall of Ambala…
I had my apprehensions whether spring actually comes to Maharashtra too!!!!! Well, kind of, it does…though in its more weathered and boring avatar.
The best part of this season is that i’m not feeling anything very passionately about anybody/anything. I’m at ease with life. Life’s good.
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I’m back to Aurangabad. The train journey back home was remarkably peaceful, i was alone. I read and wrote a lot. I wrote something for this blog too(about what I enjoy/don’t enjoy in life). I’ll update as soon as i get my diary to the cafe…
Dost
Strong, happy, satisfied, complete … am I? Not without friends. It doesn’t matter how successful you get, it doesn’t matter which part of the world you’re living in – YOU NEED FRIENDS. To have great friends is a blessing, and to meet your old friends after a long time just to find them all the more affectionate is – blessing multiplied by 10.
” And speaking of friendships, make sure you keep them in constant repair. A person with three solid friends is very wealthy indeed.
Friends add humor, fascination and beauty to life. There are few things more rejuvenating than sharing a belly-bursting laugh with an old friend. Friends keep you humble when you get too self-righteous. Friends make you smile when you are taking yourself too seriously. Good friends are there to help you when life throws one of its little curves at you and things look worse than they seem. … Now I am alone …. I have no one to take long walks in the woods with when everyone is nestled into the cocoon of a slumber. When i have just put down a wonderful book that has moved me deeply, I have no one to share my thoughts with. I have no one to open my soul to … “
-THE MONK WHO SOLD HIS FERRARI
Chandigarh; friends; b’day and nostalgia (reunion ahoy!).
My stay at home just got completed.
Visited RKMA yesterday(met Atul Swami).
Met Ankur Gupta, Manish, Harman and Harry.
Scanned Sec17.
Went to Ankur’s hostel.
Met Dixit.
Stayed overnight at Ankur’s hostel, along with Harman.
Celebrated Ankur’s 18th birthday with an over-sized cake.
Met Saumyata today.
Now add a lot of nostalgia, laughter and good-moments to the above lines. Pure, non-polluted fun. Maza aa gaya. These moments may act as the driving engine for months to come. Until a few hours ago i had tricked myself into believing that my relation with one of the friends was showing sign of wearing out due to reasons unknown. But thanks to these lovely lines by Robin Sharma, i can swear that at least i will not let any of my old friendships go astray :
“And speaking of friendships, make sure you keep them in constant repair. A person with three solid friends is very wealthy indeed.”
Naturally, i love coming home.
