Its said that "life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away". And the funny thing is such moments are few. They can be counted on your fingers. But these few, give you enough joy to last a life time.
One of them is the day that we won a cricket match. It was the semis. My teammates played out of their skins to win it. It was an unbelievable feeling. Felt the true spirit of a team sport.
The first kiss. Sitting under the moonlight, not knowing the true sense of a kiss till then. When it happened, it felt magical. It was picture perfect.
l'l never forget the day I got my first job. More so since it came so unexpectedly. It made me realize that if you want something real bad, you'll get it. Its another thing that I somehow never got the same burning desire for anything since then.
The day I stood in the rain outside her house looking at the window. What made it memorable was that she eventually turned up at the window and came down to me.
On my 23rd birthday I wasn't with my roomies/friends. But they took quite some trouble and made sure that I got the cake at midnight.
Another day, they came to the airport just in time and did something special just because it would mean a lot to me. Just because it would make me happy.
True friends are the ones who really care for your happiness in-spite of getting nothing in return.
I got a call. She said I'm waiting at the entrance. I was on the fifth floor. I've never covered 5 floors on foot so fast. I just flew by the stairs. And there she was waiting with her back turned. I slowed as I neared her and called out her name, she turned around.
I was waiting for my baggage. She was waiting outside. I didn't want to wait for my baggage. Every second felt like a minute. Never ever have I wanted to run to some one so badly. I get my baggage and in the next moment I'm almost running through the airport lobby with the cart. I come out. The eyes are restless. Then I see her with tears held up in her eyes. I knew I was home.
All this and life is still nowhere near completion.
But I'm waiting..
6 comments:
One of ur best shots .Very Nicely Captured:-)Truely ..."life is not the amount of breaths We take Infact it's the moments that take Our breath away"
Santu, yes indeed, this post is really, really, really nice. (The following is not so relevant, I'm not even sure if you remember this - on that particular b'day, when we girls had called you at midnight to wish (you still had not known about the cake sent by boys) and I asked you "How was the surprise cake sent by boys? Were you surprised?" :D)
@santu: ur best post so far! guess there is a recent addition to this list :P
Way to go!
Santu, this is one of the excellent posts by you. You have very well said “life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take our breath away”
Just read this one...Too good :) Well, I actually visited your blog to check if you have written anything about your recent news ;)
hmmmm.....happy for you !
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