To Us - हम पांच!

Disclaimer: Gradually recovering from the cold but hazy eyesight. Expect language errors.

I have a really cool group of friends here in London. Not really friends, but a bunch of five crazy girls who are indeed family for life. We all kind of naturally 'clicked' since the past one year. Each of us are starkly different in our habits, nature, likes and dislikes but we still managed to click! Now that most of us are going to be done with our studies, we are each leaving for different places. And I want to be really honest when I say this that each one of us have been terribly terrified about this. The reality is dawning gradually. 

It is like we are stepping into a new phase, the journey from here is going to be one hell of a ride. But there is this 'invisible craziness' that binds us together, hand in hand, even if all of us are not physically together now. When they say that it takes a great deal of courage to depart from people you truly love, they say it right. These bunch of crazy people have been the best thing that happened to me in a long long time. Happiness, joys, successes, heart breaks, sadness, sickness have been possible to sail through smoothly because we all held each other closely and dearly and warmly. And not just by our physical presence but this is irrespective of the time and distance. And we will for the rest of our lives (Ab toh karna hi padega yaar, log kya kahenge varna. Public obligation ho gayi :D). Just to ensure that the possessiveness in some of us for each other does not get too over the board, we have made several pacts. For one, to travel each year together at least once. And also to be family to each other's respective families back home. 

The empty dining tables, the laughters through the corridors, cuddling together to sleep, the late night adventures and everything together...these are surely being missed but I know that as we grow old together, it is going to be much more exciting. We already can sense the excitement from far away for each other's lives (can't share the details :D).

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Sometimes I wonder how exciting it would be to grow old with these people. I am going to be 25 soon. As much as it scares me, it also kind of comforts me because I have earned some really kind hearted souls and I am going to cling on to them no matter where life takes me. 

It is inevitable that we are going to meet new people, make new relationships and also go to places. We may also not have the privilege to really be there for each other physically many a times. But I do know that one of us, each time, will ensure that all of us stay together, in true spirit and soul. This is not just about true relationships, but a sense of security and happiness, of the privilege to not worry and have each other's back.

Benchmark set so high! I wish every relation could be this pious and true. So what does it take to find 'peace' in relationships? A little bit of care, the effort to be really there in times of most dreaded needs and to be able to get each other irrespective of the time and distance (This is just to remind myself that this is who I am, this is not for you).

Until next time,

Build few but true friendships, for they last a lifetime!