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Many many years back, I was filled with a sense of wonder at how a girl I knew would always have fresh flowers in her room, how she would drink water from a lone crystal glass she had and how she would even eat the humble maggi or chips meal of our PG days in beautiful bright plastic bowls. How she would always perfume herself after she bathed, even if it was a just-before-bed shower and how beautiful she would look in her soft deep red satin nighty with delicate bows at the shoulders...
I would step out in the terrace with her to watch the stars in the dusk, and we would sit out in the balcony of our PG abode to watch the fireworks atop the ISCKON temple on janamashtmi day...
We woke up to the sounds of celine dion singing " I am alive", chatted about our lives and loves with Kishori Amonkar in the background, mused on life to the strains of "athanni si zindagi.."
And then she introduced me to a way of life called "Romancing the Ordinary"..a book by sarah ban breathnach...and said that the book reminded her of me..while all the time the book spoke of people like her, who find joy and serenity in everyday existence and fill people's lives with peace and joy and beauty..as she has done mine.
And then I realised that perhaps our dearest friends are really the mirrors of our soul and we appreciate the qualities in them that we hold dearest to our own hearts...
I passed on the book to some of my closest friends and know that I managed to impact the life of atleast one of them in the same way...because she SMSd me to tell me so :-)Right Em?
And yes, this fond remembrance goes out to En as she has just been blessed by a princess...who I am sure will grow up into a life of wonder and beauty and joy. God bless!
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3 comments:
very beautiful P.... keep up the good work!
you know how romncing the ordinary changed my life :-)
or rather you know how YOU changed my life!
stay this beuatiful always.
love,
meenakshi
Hey Priya, that was beautiful.
Thank you.
Sometimes one just has this single humble word to convey all. But then some souls are kindered and even sparse words are not required among them!
I remember those days too, beautiful because you were a part of them and you are so right about friends being mirrors to ourselves and we love in them what is dearest to us.
Romancing the ordinary touched our lives but you and I, well,we didn't stop there.
We have covered a long distance after that as sole crusaders (or should I say soul crusaders??!!) on the road of sensory discovery.
I love you just the way you are.
I hope we get more time than we have had of late to sit together under silvery moon light with ice cubes tinkling in crystal glasses on that dilapidated swing of mine in the balcony or by the enchanting sea side view window of yours and unravel some mysteries of life together.
and the little princess...well,she is a wonder and a miracle. She is so much more in sync with the beauty around her than I am and her senses are so much more acute to pick up every wisp and every nuance. Am sure she'll show us wonderlands around us that we missed!
and I think she'll grow up to be as much in love with life as you are!
Stay beautiful and so special,like you are,always.
The Senses Remember will keep me coming back.
Love,
Neha
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