Being together..

In the hectic world that we live in today’s time, it becomes so difficult for us to keep up with everyone we are close with. All we cry about is the rocket speed lifestyle with hardly a breath to catch. It takes days, sometimes months or years that we meet our close friends with whom we once made promises of never leaving each other’s shadow. How does that happen? Why do we become so careless about the closeness with the ones we love? Is professional life all for one to survive? Where will the society be if we forget the basic tenets of human existence – being social?

I too have had an adventurous life so far travelling places either for studies, work or for fun. Wherever I have been, making friends has been my favorite hobby. I have always tried to accumulate as many friends as possible because all that is left after you are gone are the memories that remind them of your existence. Gods have been kind to me in fulfilling my wishes of granting some nice friends who I will remember throughout my life and hopefully the vice-versa.

I was in Pune for my career adventures where I met this friend of mine – Amit. A guy who was calm and composed most of the time but the moment you mentioned a shred about Hollywood movies, you could see his different avatar. I admired him because of his knowledge which was sharp and accurate and varied his attitude towards life which was undemanding yet ambitious. We got quite close after that and made promises of purchasing a house next to each other so that we could be friends forever.

But life is never pleasant. We had to move away for different reasons of company’s requirements. He had to shift to Mumbai while I was shipped to Raipur. All our dreams got shattered gradually. What was regular call on phone became less and less frequent and we both started getting away in the process.

It was very recently that I saw this Housing ad where one talks about togetherness with loved ones and making them your first priority. So, I called him and asked him to watch it which he certainly did and was touched too. We had been away from each other for good 4 years and never met in that duration. But, I think it was time to plunge that time period into the sea and meet with my best friend ever. I asked him to come over to Pune where I would come as well and move about places where we chilled around in our good old days.

We did come and revisited the past smiling at those pleasant reminiscences that had made our formative professional days in Pune. We had so much of fun that we decided to make at least two trips together very year no matter how much stuck we are in our busy life. Thanks to the almighty that has been kind enough to make time for us to keep up our promises

Life is short. Fill it with memories that you will take with you when you travelling to heaven/hell.