Someday we will meet in paradise

As I walked into my office today, my colleague M told me, “Hey I read your blog on X28. I was really able to relate with it”, “Dil ko choo lia!” ( touched my heart) and made a gesture with his hands as if he was wiping his tears. Though at that moment it might have seemed that he was making fun of me, I could see that I had written something which did touch his heart in a small way and hey I was happy..

The greatest flaw I have as a Capricorn is that I crave so much for attention and recognition. It gives me the kind of drive that pushes me to do more. If only I could pay my credit card bills with it, I would have worked forever for free.

Today was one of the days when everything was going right. The kind of day when you feel you are the master of your own destiny. The kind of day when you love your life. The kind of day you make everybody proud. The day you finally see light at the end of the tunnel. The kind of day when you are in the office and you know for sure that you can shutdown your PC by 6:00pm. The kind of day when you know that you absolutely cant go wrong..

So sitting in X28 now feeling so good about myself, I am doing something that I wouldn’t have ever done even if my life depended on it . Opening up my laptop and putting down my thoughts to words. I have finally begun to realize that life presents few opportunities to everyone. You can either close your eyes and think hey that opportunity will be there tomorrow or think hey that opportunity might be there tomorrow but it might not have my name on it.

I am feeling a little guilty now, cause I gave Beta my fish a funeral note but didn’t do the same for Alpha. Ok now don’t look at me as if it was my fault. I came home one day to see how he was doing and my mom told me hey don’t look, he is gone.. He is gone I exclaimed. Yes my mom said. I came to feed him today and saw him lying in the bowl. Oh! In a way I felt bad and good. Bad because I only had a bowl now no fish and happy because he would now reunite with Beta .Sounds so much like the climax of those Bollywood movies in the 80’s. Anyways I have just one thing to say to Alpha for the record. “ refer what I wrote for Beta. Ditto applies for you too. Keep swimming guys. We will surely miss you guys. Well my experiment with “ Two fish in a bowl” have taught me the following valuable lessons in life

What you need is not always what you want.
You realize how much someone means to you only when they are no longer there
Before committing to a relation make sure if you have the time and space for it.
Be sensitive to the needs and requirements of people who depend on you.
When you start a relation everything is so nice. The challenge is to maintain it.
Find time to check how people you love and you know are doing. It will mean a lot to them.
Never wait for tomorrow what you can do today.

Not bad for 5 Dollars nah?.