Thursday, March 23, 2006

20 hours with my greatest friend!

I will never forget the 20th of March, 2006. It was a red letter day in my life.

The occasion was my old, school friend's marriage with his sweetheart. Super happy for them! But the greater thrill for me was in meeting my childhood friend after two years and spending the best part of two days with her at that wedding. It was enthralling and magical to experience unadulterated, natural and deep human connect, and straight-from-the-heart for nearly 20 hours. 

There is no parallel to the speciality of the feeling when such close childhood friends meet after some time. The enthusiasm levels rise, the pace of the heartbeat quickens, and pulse rate automatically accelerates. There is genuine happiness that emerges from the core of our being and that happiness cascades across every part of our existence - even if it is for a few hours. 

Those deep emotions and state of happiness can only be experienced and can never be explained adequately in any language. Simply because, the emotion is directly correlated to how special she is to me. I literally grew up with her and she is such a core part of my being even today. The times spent with her always touch my heart deeply and the incredible set of lifelong memories that we built with each other are immensely treasured (by both of us!).

I keep hearing about the word 'quality time'. I think I know what it means now because those 20 hours will be something I will cherish till my grave. From freewheeling conversations, to teasing each other, to laughing together, to going down memory lane and to simply enjoy the extraordinary bond that we still have for each other - those 20 hours had it all.

She is the greatest friend I have ever had the privilege and fortune of having in my life. She will always be somebody who I will treasure till my last breath.