Some days are just gloomy. I
thought that today’s day was such. I don’t hate rains, but the dampness and
“no-sunshine” does act as vibe-killer and are “bad-mood enhancers”. So was
today. Nothing was going as scheduled. That was when I got a call from a friend,
which I missed and got pissed off on myself. Sometimes even trivial things
bother a lot and make you angry for no apparent reason. Certainly, “not-my-day”, I thought.
Still there was no option but to
go ahead. So I decided to go ahead with other "feasible" items on my “to-do-list”.
That was when, I could successfully contact my friend again and finally we met after
2 days of postponing the meet. Finally, here I was driving. I thought, okay now, at least, things will go as planned for the day. But heck – this traffic! No
signals were working, incessant rains, well-sized potholes and to add to the
agony undisciplined riders – I seriously thought – Had I been given a licence,
I would go killing everyone. (Sometimes, you are surprised by your own caustic thoughts. Yuck, I would never
ever think like this during my sane phase). In all this, I reached at a wrong address and was late as well. Was waiting for friend and was
wondering what is wrong with me, why am I feeling so irritated.
He finally came. Some people just
carry that aura, that warm smile which has power to heal any damn thing. I felt
the same for him. After so many days, I had some real, intimate and heartfelt conversation today. Thanks to him – I got opportunity to reflect back upon so many things
from a different perspective. It was just another “interview of a respondent”
on record; however, off record this talk was one of the quality and worthy
talk. In a way it was an unplanned lifeline activity.
We did dwell in the past figuring
out had things been different what would be the outcome. The range of topics
encompassed so many things – you list it and we did some good brainstorming on
it. My most favourite was contrasting John Locke’s social contract theory and
Anne Frank’s views on humanity. Thoughts and ideas were flowing through all
possible directions. It was beyond amazing experience. I wish I could record
and document those perspectives.
At times, we are so disturbed by
petty things that we wish to give up for no reason. We feel helpless, hopeless,
cold and dead. It is here that such talks, such discussions that too with people
who always encourage you to push your limits and who empower you, works
wonderfully. I realised, sometimes, we tend to underestimate the power of a
person, a talk, a question, a smile, a thought. That in fact turns out to be
highlight of the day, the best of that day and great take-away of that day. That
is something to build on.
It was such a great meet, which I
thought will not happen because it already got postponed twice. At times, we
just lose connect with everything. We feel disoriented and directionless. Such meets, such people, such discussions therefore holds an importance. It was not just a meet – for me it was connecting – connecting back, not
just with him but most importantly with my own-self. Would be grateful to him
for this connect!
