Reaffirmation

Sometimes in life, when you least expect it, something like the yellow top of a distant tree in bloom gives you hope.

It isn't unknown that this is a bad - sad age we live in. So much stress all around us; so much "negative energy "; everything that can go wrong doing just that. It's easy to stop looking for happy, inspirational, and meaningful moments.

I know I forget to look. I know I let myself be swamped in worry and anxiety so much so that it becomes my bubble that I walk within. And then, just when I feel overwhelmed and need to lie down to endure it all, a glimpse out the window changes everything. Not that the bubble pops, but that some light makes its way through.

And I am aware once again that everything is time bound. Even feelings. And that is the reaffirmation I need to push on.

Eye - openers are moments like that too. New lessons learnt; new interests awakened; I find there is always, always a discovery to be made right around the corner if I just persist. And discoveries are wonderful insights into life's eternal mysteries as well as into the conundrum of who I am. Until last night I did not know I (or anyone) could open a beer bottle with the neck of an empty plastic mineral water bottle!

The very idea of it amused me. And when I tried it, it outright made me laugh in amazement when it worked! And that childlike joy of discovering something so simple yet so completely unknown is reason enough to think life has many more such surprises in store. :)

Some day I'll write about the struggles I've endured. I know so many people in other parts of this great city as well as the world have endured far worse. And I truly believe that even for them the simple reaffirmation of life in technicolour lies in the lighter moments - if we would only pause to let them find us.

I read somewhere that if someone offers you something, take it even if you feel right then you don't need or want it. Why? Because it's a gift. And it teaches thankfulness. And you really just never know where it could take you. Usually it's a discovery waiting for you. Even in the offer of a friend to bring you dinner when you already have food.

Finally, as has been said time and time again by anyone with any experience, it is the smaller things in life that bring joy. Do things that cost nothing. Do things that make you smile. Do things that make someone else smile. These are all moments - every one. Moments that reaffirm my faith in a good life.