Lucky me!!!

As the title suggests this blog is about how lucky I’ve always been.
I’ve been so lucky throughout my entire life that I can flaunt openly about it without any remorse. You might wonder what I’m flaunting so much about…it’s the fact that have great friends around me who really care so much about me. Even when I take them for granted and don’t speak much with them, they still love me. They accept me just the way I am. Sometimes it makes me wonder.. What have I done to deserve such great friends in life.. I must admit that I don’t have friends in great numbers… but the ones I have are a select few, who have strived to make my life a happier, better and beautiful place to live in. When I say that I have a few friends, this old adage comes to my mind. It goes like this..

Making a million friends is not a miracle,
The miracle is to make a friend who will stand by you
When a million are against you….

When it comes to friendship I think even the most smallest of gestures and expressions mean a lot to your friends. I remember once I had convinced my dear friend Rabiya to perform the mimicry that she had prepared so hard for. She tried to bail out at the last minute thinking its stupid but after much persuasion she finally did it. I didn’t know it had made such a big impression in her life until she mentioned it again after several months in an NGO group meeting in college. At the end of the session we were asked to share any memorable events in our lives if any and Rabiya came up and mentioned the incident which obviously I had long forgotten. She thanked me for being her friend. The emotion I felt then was indescribable.
I often wonder when I’m around with my pals if I really deserve such great friends in life. The conclusion is always the same ‘God must really like me’.
I must add that my friends have always had time for me despite the fact that some of them were preoccupied with their love life. I really thank you guys for always being there for me and I want you all to know that I’ve always been only too happy that all of you found the love of your life(this goes especially to Mal, Roo,Nandi and Sala).
Of course when I mention my friends I have to mention my dear friend Pravee. She was my sole refuge during a particularly bad period in my life which I spent in Bangalore. I was dreadfully homesick and to add to my predicament I had psycho roommates. But all that vanished when I was with her. I remember the first time I saw her in blore. She seemed to be this very serious no-nonsense type of girl. I figured out that she was just not my type but Im glad that fate decided otherwise.
I would have to be ungrateful if I fail to mention my childhood friend Cindhu. She was my dear friend who has always been with me through thick and thin. Whats great is the fact that whenever we speak to each other over the phone which is almost rare, it seems as if we were never apart and time had just rewinded itself.
My friend Suga has been both my philosopher and guide. In short you can call her my Guru. She was the one who kindled my interests in spirituality and made sure I explored it. I often wonder if we were twins coz we both think and act the same which is sometimes troublesome.

I’m so glad that fate has always brought in the right kind of people into my life at the right time. I must also beg for forgiveness from all those friends who I have not mentioned in this blog. I assure you all that you have all been the ones who shaped me into the diamond which I am today. You have all played your parts in grooming me from a shy and sensitive girl to a bold and pragmatic women.I would like to end this blog with a feeling of pride for having such a friend like yourself. Take care my friend.