An evening walk

An evening walk

A realization of being blessed!!! Thank you God.

My day started with an usual alarm, but it was unusual the way it started and the way I am going to end. I was feeling tired. With great effort I decided to get up and start for office, but still confused. Knowing that I am already away from weekend, I took a break to check if I would bunk office today. Then I weighed the thought of investing a day outside home country away from Family, and it seemed very silly. The joy that I will get sharing the same time back home is limitless compared to little bit of dust I was seeing the morning. I started for office.

Breakfast! That’s on the mind every morning when I start the day. Few months back it was usually on Mom’s mind  on previous night to check what I would like to have for breakfast. Finding the preferences for buddy’s I called to place the order. It got disconnected. Thinking I still can change my day, I gave another try. It got disconnected. I wondered do I have to really call them who had delivered lunch late by an hour the previous day. With no options at hand, I called and successfully was able to place the order. It was delivered on time. We all started for 5^th floor where we usually take breakfast. It’s special place, very close to heart. Tiru took me here first time, and from then I regularly go there for having breakfast. When Tiru was not there for some days, sitting there alone, watching the busy Sheikh Zayed Road, Tall Sky Scrappers, I used to think why I am not happy by being at one of the best places. Certainly because I was alone. Now it’s not me, it’s we. We went and found only one chair was available for 4. It took no time to decide we can stand together and take breakfast. I just loved it (I always love to have food with people but in childhood for some reasons mostly it was only the night where I was having company, and then too mostly father would be late and mother hence would wait). I am lucky again that somehow we just formed a group early this week, and just enjoying the company. Also I am having some extra calories. The laughs, the talks, the weekend plans, and most important, the smiles everyone was carrying just changed the entire mood. I by then forgot all the mountain load that I was feeling while talking to Mom on the way to office. The load was so high that I urged Mom that I will keep it short. Then how does everything changed in few minutes. It’s the beautiful people around me that changed the state of mind. You should always have such people around you so that when you feel low they take you for a ride, and you are recharged.

Back at work, I thought I will be finishing the stuff and at least weekend would be peaceful. Time was passing. Now what, Yes, it’s lunch. No, it’s not the time to have lunch but to find out whats our preferences, and from where are we going to order. We now have a whatsapp group to decide Lunch menu. The monotonous call to same restaurant over last four months each day or the Multigrain bread in the breakfast everyday has now changed. Also the diet plan that I was following for last one month went to bin, but no regrets. I have to live this moment, it is beautiful. We ordered lunch and the fun at the lunch is same in all these months. Only the items changed at Lunch but lunch is the place where we forget everything and just enjoy each other’s company. It was TCS lunch group and evening snacks group then, where I had such a pleasure to be with a group, which is isolated in midst of thunder storms, and it is now this group. I am just loving living it.

With afternoon heated discussions, and feedbacks that I don’t like, and knowing the tiredness from the hardwork that I accumulated over last few days is of now no use, I was feeling distressed. Such things happen to me after a gap, and whenever  they come, they remind me not to take things seriously. Nothing in your life matters more than your happiness. I wrapped up things and started back to room. I did not call Mom usually what I do on my way back to room, instead tuned to music. Waiting for the lift, I shared the garbage in mind and realized its really that now doesn't deserve attention. A lengthy video call with Mom, a call to help someone, and an evening walk which would help me realize how blessed I am to have surrounded by the people, who listen, who share, who advise, whom I can look up-to, and all this in another country, far from home, and very different culturally too.

So Big thank you to everyone as it is you who is making life beautiful. I am glad that I took time to realize how blessed I am to have met you all with whom we can share, sometime nothing but smiles.

Received the message that we are out tomorrow afternoon for lunch, have to find out what’s happening!!!

Goodnight friends!

Life is beautiful and I am loving living it..