Serendipity

With this year almost drawing to a close, I sit today, thinking about the way this year has progressed. Happiness, sadness, misery, depression, I see everything flash by. I m happy for the right things I did. At the same time, the mistakes haunt me. Then, as one of my friends says, what’s the whole fun if we did only the right things??

I remember clearly the one day when I was totally confused and broken. One friendship I thought was gonna last a lifetime, shattered. I realized, sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence, a time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny, and a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. At the same time, I marveled at the way things unfolded a few days later. Somehow I took up the courage to talk with an old friend, with whom contacts had almost ceased. Little did I expect that I would be welcomed back with such warmth and ease, that I almost felt a little guilty. Friendship is not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the things they need no longer mention. Like “sorry”… True friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient; it's about being there when it's not.

Then I looked back at the bad days, but I was glad for them. After all, how could I have realized the good things I had in hand? :) :) True, I had been puzzled at how things turned sour. But the reality was I was too close to the puzzle!

2010! A truly long year! But it was the year of luck, my year of serendipity! :) :)