A Memorable Moment

Alike each day, the day was ending. The schedule of that day was as usual as every day. Nothing was different. The night fell with me sitting before my TV and watching few boring serials.

Suddenly my phone beeped alerting me for a new message in inbox. I checked the message; it was from one of my college friend. She also lived in Bhavnagar, but recently she just shifted to one of the neighboring city as she got a job there.

Yes, the message. The message was a forwarded one with a sad tone in it. It said that she was feeling lonely that night. I asked her not to feel lonely and assured her that I was there for her in my reply. In response, her next message had a happy tone. She felt soothed by my reply and felt better then. She told me that it was few people around her who had spoiled her mood. So I asked her to ignore the elements which make her sad and bided her a sweet good night.

Next morning, she was on my mind. I send her a sweet good morning message with a sweet smiley face. She felt so good to read my message and replied with a fresh energy and smile on her face. I felt so happy for making someone’s morning a good morning when it could have been a sad one because of her last night.

The night when this incident took place, I was myself in a terrible mood, brooding over some issues of my own life. The message received on my phone led me to reply which was a very much obvious and natural reply. Even if you are in a bad mood and find your friend sad, you will give the words to console/soothe him/her. But the effect my reply created was something which forced me to stop for a while and give a thought to the moment which just passed like any other. It made me realize that sometimes when you are feeling low at any point of life, just a few soothing words from someone can prove very important. Although I was not aware about the actual issue she was facing, I just gave her a few words of hope and care. She was away from her family, feeling lonely in a new city. Few words of mine made a difference to her.

This was a sudden and a lifetime teaching for me. A Memorable Moment which just passed but created a huge difference to two person sooo silently….!!!!

A Real Time Experience

It's about an incident which amused me. It's about a couple, a working couple. Very few months had passed since their marriage. They worked in different cities and either of them traveled almost every weekend to meet the other. The wife was planning to shift to husband's city soon. She had already given her resignation notice at her work place. Last few days were going on when this incident happened. It was a very small one but still amused me.

One day, I asked the husband about the period within which his wife will be shifting to his place. He answered with a spark of light in his eyes, "NEXT MONTH".

On another day, I got an opportunity to meet his wife on one of her visit, and I asked the same question to her. She also had the same spark of light in her eyes and answered, "25 DAYS".

The period between which I asked them the same question, they were having a cold argument over some issue and were not talking to each other. But still the spark of light in their eyes existed and was so similar, so fresh, so pure and full of love.

I wish we could have the same freshness and purity in all our relations, close to our heart. I have often heard that relations are harmonious only if they are mutual. But I want to believe that even a non-harmonious relation can be made mutual with love and purity at your heart. I hope, I can achieve this learning from the couple in my life.