That thing called Friendship…!!!

Only few people in our lives reach that corner of our soul, where only they have the capability to uplift our spirits in most gloomy situations. They have some supernatural power to encourage us when we're supremely low on confidence. And they are the ones who can actually make us squeal with laughter at the most nonsensical joke in the world. These are the people who'll be supremely proud of all our achievements and will laugh the loudest at all our goof-ups. These are people with whom we share a language of our own and more than anything else these are the people who understand our silence to the core.

Still wondering whom I 'am talking about? None other than people called FRIENDS in our life. And why are they so special? Well If I start to list down all the reasons, I would end up compiling volumes.  The reason why “Friends" are so special in our lives is , because we get to choose them, all the other relationships in the world we get in heritage as a consequence of our birth in a certain family. And this is one relationship that we build and thrive upon in our normal course of life.

I still remember those funny days of childhood where sharing your favorite chocolate with a friend would be the demonstration of the most solid & bonding friendship. Which then graduated to the level of sharing notebooks, notes, lunch-boxes, and some silly secrets ...Finally it reaches to the level where we would swear to kill for a friend or save her/him in any crisis situation. Talking about those all I could remember were silly teenage days where doing the forbidden gave the utmost pleasure which we seek now in so many futile things in our so called mechanical lives. Very recently while I was moving from Delhi, during my packing I got hold of all my school scrapbooks, old pictures and even letters that I wrote to my friends when we moved into different cities to pursue our graduation.  Those were the days when social media didn't existed and people literally made an effort to keep in touch. While now with mediums like Facebook & Twitter we're blessed to find anyone at a click :-)

And now we're all grown up's, working, married & settled, busy in our daily monotonous schedules. Still it’s our Friends who end up adding that zing & madness in our lives. Every morning I religiously log-in to Facebook, to see what all my friends are up to, and there are times when I end up chatting with so many long lost friends. Every weekend I look forward talking to Adi&Ila (my closest pals) and our conversation is almost an hour long of madness,  my husband thinks that I go into some form of laughter trance when I talk to them lol. Any gloomy day becomes the brightest when I speak to Shivaani, who manages to cheer me up with her most silly and corny jokes. And not only my school friends, there are some amazing people I bonded with during my professional tenure whom I refer to as my "Mantal gang", they end up bringing the most cheerful smile on my face whenever they call, text or ping. And all my online friends who never forget to check on me.

So whatever form of communication, be it Facebook, twitter, chat, e-mails calls, texts, or BBM's staying in touch is the key to thrive on such Friendships.

I consider myself to be blessed with such amazing & beautiful friends who've been more than a family to me. I hope they feel the same ;-)

We had this motto in our school days “Love laughter & loyalty makes life easier to bear". Which is so true, all these things together Love, laughter & loyalty makes any friendship so strong & long-lasting.

Cheers to all my friends who've been a part of my life and also have added so much value to it.