Keepers of the Flame

I am writing this post with lots of mixed feelings yet with very clear thought. This post is dedicated to those whom I call 'Keepers of the Flame' - People who believe in love which is unconditional and comes with no fine prints, asterisks or check list. It is pure and divine. 

I was watching this famous Shahrukh Khan movie today - Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and one of the sequences was very interesting. In the movie, Maya was getting married to her childhood friend, who she didn't love but they were great friends. Maya asks Dev a minute before her wedding whether she should get married or wait for the right person to arrive in her life. Dev advises her to get married and skip the idea to wait. And then Maya pops another question - What if I find my love after marriage? And Dev responds - 'Don’t try to find, because if you try to find it then you may get it'. For those who have not seen the movie, eventually Maya finds her true love years after her marriage :)

Of course any random wait without any assurance is way too risky and most people do not like to risk their life based on such fairy tale emotions. So they go with their brain and take the decision to choose from what is available. One of my dearest friends put it as ‘Stuff at hand’ :) !!!

Every person has the right to form their own philosophy and there is actually no right or wrong theory when it comes to love. I might sound too bollywoodish but I am a strong believer that there is someone special out there for each one of us and it is just a matter of time when that special person arrives in our life. I have seen and met so many people who have actually waited years and years for that right person and that right moment and they actually met. They simply kept the flame alive.

The sheer imagination of meeting such person, who may not be the ideal human being and comes with their own flaws and unique qualities itself gives me goose bumps. How thrilling that moment can be when one actually encounters such person!

It feels like an ultimate victory to meet someone who can make you happy despite all odds and asks nothing in return. Someone with whom you are always yourself – no pretense, no trying hard – just yourself. Someone who accepts you the way you are – sometimes cranky, idiotic, lovable, smart, stupid, arrogant or naïve and where you are allowed to make as many mistakes without the need to give one thousand different explanations or fear of being judged. When you look into that person’s eyes, you can just see through the soul and there is a strong connect. In whose company, you simply forget your mental checklist of how your ideal partner should be and rather you start loving their flaws and can’t live without it. Even if that person is not around, you can still feel him/her around and still miss their jibber jabber. It sounds like a fairy tale description but still. 

Life is so unpredictable – someone may just enter subtly and the next minute your life will be positively upside down :)

Cheers to all those who have waited and found and to all those who are waiting – Keep the flame alive.

Love,

Jini