And yet
again I celebrated my birthday…and now I am 27 and still counting. Yeah, I am
getting older or should I say “wiser” in the most diminutive way? May be I have
reached a point in my life where I ought to lie my age (hahaha)!! 27 years of
life with not so much an achievement that I can flaunt off…yet proud of the
person I have grown to be. I have always considered birthday celebrations to be
overrated but not anymore. Atleast not when I have friends who send me flowers
every year on my “born” day and this time around I even had surprise deliveries
that made my heart miss a beat, and loved ones walking extra miles just to make
me feel precious. I know I may not be rich enough to go for a shopping spree
without even having a glance at the price tag, but when it comes to love and
friendship; I know I have enough that can last a lifetime. What more can I ask
for? With friends who wake up at midnight by setting alarm and wishing me in their sleepy voices, dancing like ducks at the beat of “Pappu can’t dance, saala”, cutting the cake twice, ricksaw rides
searching for a picnic spot and having reached the spot…gobbling everything
that can be eaten, our “Thor” taking us out for movie Thor 2, gifting me the
book I have always wanted to have….I have more than a hundred reasons to indeed
feel precious and loved. And for my friend, who left us for his heavenly abode,
I truly missed you and I wish peace be with you wherever you are.
They told
me to make a wish and I did…and may be it is these blessings that I had wished
for. I don’t know where I will be in my next birthday but as long as I have
these wonderful people in my life “loneliness” will hardly be a part of me. So
before I hit the 30 mark, I wish to seize the opportunity to exhibit all the
confidence and skill that I have, do my bit for my people and the society and
keep doing some more, have that library which I so long have wanted, make my
love life less complicated (sigh), laugh some more, forgive and forget, check
my patience and temper which seems even more augmented with age….and the list
goes on.
I say "thank you" with the best smile you gave me. What am I without you?? :)
