You get an urgent knock on your door. A message has been
delivered on your phone heralding the emotional storm that is to be unleashed
into the fragile room of yours. And hence enter your friend, on the verge of
one of her breakdowns. She is irritated to find your roommate there.
“Can’t she be someplace else now!” And you are thankful
that your roomie dearest is very much there to provide cushioning to the effects
of the ensuing thundering.
Well roommate or not she starts off,
"I'm jus sick and tired of all the mind games people make up now-a-days...can't life be a bit more simple?"
"I'm jus sick and tired of all the mind games people make up now-a-days...can't life be a bit more simple?"
“Yaar why did I do vellapanti in first year, these
programs have oh so high CG requirements!”
“I’m telling you, anything and everything I do, cannot be
free of any glitches. I’m doomed till eternity!”
And this tirade is not one way. She has to complete what
she has to. But you need to provide your inputs too.
“Are yaar, why are you bothering yourself so, ignore maar
na”, “There a lot many other programs out there, I’ll look some up”, “Sunna
kisi ki life is not perfect, so drop it”
Oh but drop it, ha she won’t! She will go on and even she
is mentally agreeing and knowing what you are going to say next, she will make
you say and take out every last bit of advice from you until you’re out of
them. And heavens have mercy on you if you run out of advices before she has
completed her story of the day. Ah the look you’ll get, is one of utmost
deception and treachery. You actually start feeling guilty and go on with the
best possible consolation and suggestions you’re able to formulate. After a
session with her, you feel accomplished,
“Hell man, I would’ve rocked as a psychiatrist. Kahan
engineering mein aa gyi!”
She teaches you patience, makes you a keen listener with
the persistence to lend an ear to her troubles. She makes you compatible with odd schedules,
because her appointments with you aren’t scheduled, they can come in the dead
of the night, evening, afternoon or absolutely anytime. She enables you to feel
confident about yourself, in process of untangling her life, you gain insight
into yours. You realise the importance of small problems, you considered
inconsequential earlier and now know how to manage them. You feel pride in
being the role of a guardian angel and despite all your sleeplessness or
exhaustion, at the end of the day, if you have made her smile and lent her
happiness, it is worth all the trouble taken so far.
You know yours is the only shoulder she can cry her heart
out and only in your eyes can she see an understanding for her troubles. The
very fact that she feels free to share things that are so deep and intimate to
her, makes you realise that the level of attachment between you two is as close
like the life giving umbilical cord between a mother and a child. Believe me I
do feel a motherly instinct for this special baby of mine! :P
And let me tell you my friend, that smile of yours is one
of the most exquisite things I’ve ever seen. Grace the world with its presence
more often as this angel promises to be with you in one form or the other and
will go to any length to make you feel everything’s alright. You can trouble me
all you want, stay angry at me for leaving you alone at times and give me all
the scathing looks or even bang the door right in my face! Aayegi ghum ke mere
paas hi I know and my warm embrace will be eternally present to engulf you with
all the joys and happiness I can muster for you my dear.
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