You plan a new year; a new beginning; a new holiday destination; an awesome vacation with your boyfriend. You pack bags, book flights, hotels and Google top 20 places to visit in Goa. You set all your heart & mind and are ready to fly. But Boom! Life is not what you plan. Life means unpredictability & unforeseeable events- a chain of them to drown your foolproof plans and be ready for life changing events. Your boyfriend meets his best friend. You meet his best friend’s girl friend and within a few days, you know whom you have met. Boys are from Mars! Right? So what happens next?
According to me, gone are the days of “best friends”. Though there exists a clan of girls on this earth who believe in Bffs but they also believe in existence of selfies with pouts. So we aren’t discussing them here. But do you believe in soul mates? Do you know who soulmates are? I guess it’s beyond relationships and friendships. It doesn’t discriminate on the basis of gender, race, caste, religion. The soul doesn’t know these worldly attachments. It’s more of a Sufi Rumi connection. Like air, it exists in this universe for each and every one of us- unattached, free, independent, and light. Some of us are able to decipher and reach to it crossing all boundaries, most of us don’t. It never demands, it never expects. It only silently stays and keeps sending positive vibes to the other soul. Your best friend completes your day; your better half completes your life; but your soul mate completes you to the salvation and beyond. It purifies the soul from all infidelity.
Scene 1: I sit in a corner with a glass of cola in hand. People need alcohol to get drunk. Here, my life keeps me addicted with all fuzzy head and a melodrama heart. I see her hanging out with his friends. I say ‘his’ as it’s her boyfriend’s birthday bash and she looks happy indeed. You know appearances can be deceptive. At times, people form sheen of lifestyle around them. It’s difficult to look beyond that sheen but once it breaks, allowing someone to enter into dark caves of other’s heart; you realize people are more than what they appear to be. It was difficult for me to know her. Knowledge is not based on state of mind; rather it’s more of perception.
I want to break through her heart as well as the house which is choking me to sleep.
Scene 2: The bus is about to leave and tremendous hurry overpowers my mind. She is supposed to panic but it is vice versa. I have my things packed. She has to do that in 5 minutes. As she keeps her boy friend’s clothes, she asks gently,” Do you need any help?” The statement would have gone unheard if it would have been a normal scenario because honestly, I’m a ruthless person. But how does someone manage to care for an almost stranger girl even in such rush hour?
I run with her and all respective guys to catch the bus. I want this trip with her.
Scene 3: I see her sitting on a rock. She is seeing her boyfriend who is throwing my boyfriend in salty waters. The waves come with hidden, deep strengths and you never know how hard they are going to hit the shore. The calm looking ones often bring great havocs. I read her calmness. May be, I’m seeing a turmoil of guilt behind her eyes; May be I’m seeing a turmoil of revolt! May be! I don’t know.
I want to know her more! May be!
Scene 4: What if your boyfriend has pain in his ass? Like a real one (no abuse I offer)! You make him climb on his best friend’s back and you choose to drive with your boyfriend’s best friend’s girlfriend! It is a journey for the lifetime. Sometimes you meet people, who without much knowing you, are capable enough of completing your thoughts. They inspire you to follow your dreams. You get inspired by seeing them follow their dreams. She has magic beans- she could manage a road trip to Leh-Ladakh; permanent tattoo art in Nepal; ride bikes like a boss in the city; travel & travel despite reaching hospital almost dead. She is one of the pearls in the deepest of oceans who knows how to shine even from the grey caves of life. If your childhood is not happening and you are not the favorite child, trust me! Life is challenging for you. Despite that you choose to live life on own terms & conditions, Man! Then you are a challenge to life.
I want to live my dreams now.
Scene 5: What if you leave your boyfriends – who have pissed you off and you have given up? You decide to climb an unknown rock, witness a beautiful sunset, eat panipuri, and walk a sanguine beach as it gets dark. It’s an evening you will never forget. Sometimes, doing a few things for yourself may give pain in ass to others (Now I’m abusive) but then it’s all worth it. Often it’s the soul mate ,who can rejuvenate the forgotten powers of soul. I know she is there for this evening; for a few hours! To watch the most beautiful gift of nature. She tells me to be happy- no matter what! No matter who comes & who leaves! No matter how things go in life but it’s your life and you got to choose your happiness.
I hug her.
Scene 6: She loves water. I hate water or rather I’m scared of it. How dreaded I’m in water sports! I see myself drowning though there are 6 trainers to save me. But you can’t help with this mind! If it smells fear, it imagines fear and I’m dying. That’s the end of story. She knows my mind. She holds my legs to keep me above water. How can she be so strong and bold and loving and daring and caring? All at the same time!
I’m back to the beach and I’m not the dead. That’s the end of another story.
Scene 7: She holds scarf around my head as I drive the dark roads in cold nights.
She is the keeper.
Scene 8: I have a weird habit of closely looking at people as they leave. This is because of two reasons:
First, I know most of the times I’m not going to see those people ever or may be after very long.
Second, brain is the best photographer and heart is the best treasurer to store last images.
With her, it was different. Before my mind could click her picture, I realized she was already doing the same. Probably that can happen with soulmates. I stayed quiet. She hugged me and said,” live your life the way you want. It’s yours.”
I wish to see her again.
In the end, I have a few questions. Can more than one soul mate exist? As I have one already from before. Do soulmates change with time or are they same forever? Do you believe in soulmates? Do you believe in better halves? Do you believe in best friends? Or do you have Bffs and you are going to get selfies after reading this? May be the pout selfies aren’t that bad! May be!