We are lost so deep, so deep into our lives that we miss
some small but beautiful things that take place around us. It was one fine
morning, when I was walking in the beautiful garden that I realized one of such
small things, which I would have missed to spot before. The garden is placed
right at the center of Airoli Mindspace where my new company is located. The light streams passing through the branches off the trees and shinning like a diamond over the dews on the grass gave it a majestic look.
Note: The photo clicked is of Airoli mindspace garden. This was taken early in the morning so no one was around.
New
job and higher position with no team had given me a chance to spend some time
alone. And to be honest, I did not mind time with myself; it gave me a chance
to look back on the things that had happened in 2014. I saw a lush green grass
bed with trees providing enough coolness. I just wanted to lie down over the
soft velvet type green bed. I wanted to but some part of my brain was not
allowing me to do that. I was wearing a well ironed sky blue formal shirt which
I did not want to spoil. I was also worried of how it would look like a
professional like me lying over the grass. Embarrassment was enough of a reason
for my brain to keep the child within me quite. That is when a small droplet of
pure water falls off my face and all I did was not think. Because sometimes
when you stop thinking, you act or rather say react but it is still an action.
I had lost one of my good friends and I knew if he was around he would have
surely lied down and forced me to lie just beside him. He was a fully grown man
with a heart as childish as a ten year old that was very hard to find anywhere
else these days. And I am glad I did that, I got a lot of stares and I was not
sure if they wanted to do the same or they were just amazed at me being so
childish. And Somehow I was smiling back at them for being so childish and
fighting their own child which wanted to come out. These are the moments in
life that you notice very minute details, like the ant trying to climb a wall
and failing, a spider trying to build a web and failing. And you know what If
you give them the time, you would see them succeed. See from a child's eye and
you would be astonished to what we are missing in our day to day life by caging
the child within us. We want to be so self righteous, perfect, stubborn and
egoistic in some ways that we miss the fun in life. This is when I noticed a
face off, a very cute face off between the two different species. Man vs.
Woman. If you feel they are from the same species then you should probably get
married. No offence to anyone who is happily married but just a thought. A wife
would be less worried about her husband being lost than her dog. :P A gal was
walking along the footpath that ran right through the garden when our eyes met
for say a sec. If it was a normal day I would have left it at there. But this
was different; I looked at her again, for just a sec and turned around. But as
you know our boyish brains have some problem catching signal the first time, so
I looked back again. Again it was not a prolonged look, just a glance. She was
wearing a blue jeans and pinkish half sleeve top. The gal looked at me probably
for a sec and moved on. I could almost see a sense of victory on her face, as
if she had won the round for not looking again. It was funny though I do not
know what we were fighting for but even I felt as if she had won something. I
knew she would come by for the next round, I was prepared this time. My mind
was constantly telling me, "Do not look at her, no matter what just ignore
her. Let me win this round at least. She came by this time and as promised to
myself, I did not look at her, until.... Oh ho, that is what my brain said too
when she started to sing just before she neared me. Her voice was sweet as honey;
there was no way I could have stopped my reflexes to not look. The stare I got
back was off, "Have you not heard any gal sing before, stop starring at
me." Damn, why, why did I move my head around? Am I even in my senses? It
was obvious who won this round. I was just praying and hopping that there would
be more rounds for me to come back. She came back again and this was probably
her mistake because this time I was not going to give in at any cost. "YOU
________, I know you want her to win. Yes I am talking to you readers, especially
my friends. Anyways, so she came by and even stood there probably to switch the
song. And for you Losers out there who think I turned, I did...not.. :P
She was going on talking, Should I pick "What makes her
beautiful" or "You are beautiful"?
Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,
You don't know,
Oh, oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,"
Yes that is what I sang. Oh come on that does not mean I
lost. I just wanted to sing but that is what I was thinking. How would I know what
she was thinking of this round? If I had won or lost this round. Yes, I had to
look at her face to know her reaction. Damn, not again. So I was looking from
the corner of my eyes, you know to gauge the situation. Although, my brain was
pointing to me some interesting facts. Wait; hold on, she is the one who
stopped in front of me just to juggle a song. Come on she wanted to let me know
something. Probably she wanted me to choose her song that is why she came over
there on the first place. So, I left all my doubts about losing and looked at
her. She was giving me a stern look, although I could feel she was laughing her
hearts out from inside. Well who can blame her? She looked deep into my eyes
and she still had that stern look in her face. Then a smile brightened her
entire face that calmed my stupid little heart that was beating very hard by
now. No, do not worry, I did not show even a bit of worry on my face but that
smile wow. That is when I realized it was never a fight or a face off. Her losing
could have never been my victory. Her smile was my victory. It was a face off
between our ego's and this time we won as humans or we would have lost as
humans. One could not have won alone. At this point I would have loved to end
the story as if she lied just besides me and we talked for hours. But that is
not what happened. She went her way and I went my way. We probably would not have
met for the rest of our lives but I would have always remembered her smile and
the last words she said , "It is my favorite song too". Just to let
you all know, I have met her once or twice with her friends. And we always
share a smile that neither mine nor her friends understand. I could see from
her facial expression that she has a hard time explaining it to her friends and
just saying, "No nothing." What she could have possibly explained to
her friends that we had a face off and I had helped her to pick her favorite
song. Sometimes, something's are better left unexplained. At the end we won
over our egos and I have this smile sharing cute acquaintance of mine.