You, me and droplets of joy.......
My crazy, madly in love yet
wasted heart always looks for a reason to remember you. Every now and then
anything or everything happening around me makes me remember you. I believe you
will at least agree with me if not feel exactly the way I feel about it. Our
memories are like countless pearls spread across my life. They mostly touch me,
even when I am not thinking about you. Sometimes they smile at me, hold my hand
and take me away in some other world in a fraction of seconds. I fly with those
tiny moments of joy every now and then. Your presence is ubiquitous in my life.
These pearls come and pump life
into me. Today was one such day.
I was at this birthday party. It
was a party of all sorts possessing all the important ingredients of a birthday
party. As the occasion necessitates a birthday cake was brought to the center
stage. And then the DJ played a background score homogeneous to the occasion
and the cake.
“Wishing happy birthday to you,
May all your dreams come true”
Oh my god! The song left me
awestruck. I was blossoming with the exuberance of a new order. I was experiencing
a new found zeal in me, around me everywhere. Such is the power of memories.
They always posses enough power to hijack you, to take you on a flight to
the terrain unknown. These tiny moments of joy, pearls again took me away from
my own self. I found myself in the car with you. The car parked on the road
side at a place ordinary for the world but special for both of us. With no fun-fair
or any special lights focusing on the subjects. No human chaos around those
small yet long lasting moments of celebration. Just a small cake, enough for
both of us to eat and a candle well lit to decorate the occasion. The center
stage was my hand holding the cake. There were no balloons to burst, there was only laughter. It
didn't last the usual for such an occasion; it was just about for more than few
minutes. But yes, the song was still the same.
I still can’t forget your facial
expressions the moment when I played the number. I could only recall now is loads
of excitement, joy and happiness on your face. Your reaction was overwhelming to
the core. Those little eyes were wide open with the surprise, were happy deep
down and as always were speaking more than any other language I know of.
Such was/is the undercurrent of
subtlety and simplicity in our celebrations, in our existence and in our being.
Your facial expressions were one
of the best birthday return gift I have ever got in my life.
True is the saying, that memories
outlive its principle and its beholder too. Sweet memories always bring a smile
and cheer us when we are flying low. The most amazing thing about them is that
they look for you to make you feel happy. They will pick you up in the moments
of sadness and refresh you. Amidst everything
they give you a reason to be happy and smile out of nowhere.
They also inspire you to create
even more such simple moments of joy… my tiny pearls.
Take a plunge, dive into the simplicity
and create subtle moments of joy so that years later you can relive them and
simply smile at life.
