Sunday, November 15, 2015

Celebration of Friendship - Union and next level

I dedicate this to all the friends who are still in touch or separated by distance and united by thoughts.

Friendship is a wonderful and unique relation given to mankind and it has a fusion of many emotions such as love, affection, anger, pride and what not. End of the day if you can be totally yourself and completely "non-layered" with a person, that can be with a good friend of yours. I always wonder how we can be so selfish when it comes to others and so selfless when it comes to certain set of our close friends and relatives and are we that complicated.

There are very few persons who can guide you in the crucial moments of your life and at the same time share their happiness and sorrows on an equal footing and respect your emotions as well and correct you when you take a wrong decision. There are very rare set of people who think of your upliftment on holistic scale and in an unconditional way. These kind of friends are like shooting stars. When they are with you, you should make a wish and enjoy the moments with them. Eventually, they shall transform you into a shooting star by identifying your strengths and minimizing your weakness and your wish shall also be granted.

I got these kind of friends bit late and I had a great time with them. Since we were away from our families, we had complete independence and it means more responsibility. We went out to movies, dinners  and long road trips. The friendship unfolded only after when we started sharing the same apartment. One can get to know about their friend in depth, if they stay together. Together, we faced many situations and encountered various problems and found innovative approach to face life. We could identify one anthers' strength and optimized on them. Maybe, I can safely say that I had a great bachelor life with my friends.

The next level comes when one escalates to next phase in their life, i.e marriage. But, the beauty in friendship is the pervasive care that is always shown despite of whatever stage of life you are in, as it is bit flexible and unconditional. I was very happy when the bachelor friend of mine got betrothed. The funny part is he is insisting me to get married soon so that we can relive our bachelor's life as a family.

I certainly do not know what is there in the cards for me, but at this juncture, it truly calls for a celebration of "bachelor's friendship days" as we cannot get those days of pranks, humor, fun, late night outings, family get together and most importantly, our road trip. I have decided to relive those moments with our other mutual friends and send him off as a responsible husband and of course he will be giving us a bachelor's party which is separate.

For those of you who were in this phase, reconnect with your friends and try to recollect the wonderful memories you had as a bachelor with them. For those who are still bachelors, make the most of it right now so that you can again celebrate extravagantly later.