A Special day with
special ones
May 1
This was the day when I landed on
earth. I got a companion who was 12 min older than me. Of course she was none
other than my twin sister. I feel special to get surrounded by many
intellectual people, interesting things to observe and learn from them. This
post is all about my gratitude towards the special ones in my life who
constitute my world and without them I am incomplete. I can’t even survive
without their care and support.
My mother: She is
compassionate and caring. She is always there by my side whenever I am in need.
I cannot hide anything from her. In fact, she understands my silence and reads
my mind from my body gestures. One could just imagine how difficult it is to
bring up two kids of same age group at a time and fulfilling their needs
simultaneously. She is my first music teacher and would never stop to encourage
me from learning new songs. She is the one who discovered a singer within me. I
could remember that whenever I used to return from school, before going for
lunch, I would narrate the happenings at school starting from the prayer
session to the ringing of the bell of last period. She would listen all those
passionately as if she was a student and very rarely gets irritated. The most
interesting thing is that she had to listen to the happenings of my sister
also. Hats off to her patience!! She has spent many sleepless nights during my
stay at hostel, thinking of my well being all the time. She insists me what to do and what not to do,
being her child I care for her the most and would love to do anything for her
happiness. I like her the way she is: simple, natural yet elegant.
My father: He is a
great source of knowledge and energy, a man with positive attitude and deep
instinct towards various aspects of life. He is my teacher, motivator and a
soul healer. Whenever I feel down or low, I would discuss with him and a sense
of relaxation comes instantly. He has got the ability to heal my mind. My
words, my life are completely influenced by him. All the inspiration of writing
is derived from him. He is my role model.
He encourages me to create something new all the time. He provides me a
direction whenever I think that I am derailing from the track. In my initial
days of stay at hostel, I missed his company a lot and the words that he used
to utter would (“mentally I am present with you”) make me calm and relaxed. If
I consider myself a ‘train’, he is
the ‘engine’. I am most concerned
about his thoughts and if I get a chance to admit, I would say that he is the
best ‘papa’ in the world.
My sister: My
companion, my friend and my admirer. She is my shadow in the sense that I am
with her from the day I was born. She
knows everything about me from my ATM password to password of my facebook and
gmail account. I am like ‘a story book’
for her. My emotions and feelings are open to her. She reads me daily and likes
to comment after reading me. We are inspirations for each other. She can never
become angry over me for more than hour. She stays in my mind and resides in my
soul. I like to do chit-chat all the time with her and she would never leave a
single chance to tease me. But, I don’t mind because I know that in doing so,
she enjoys a lot. We have spent many years together which we had never thought
of. After completion of 12th standard, coincidently we got admitted
to the same govt. institution but our branches were different. By luck or
chance don’t know, we became roomies with other two for four years. From that
day onwards she is my ‘alarm clock’
and wakes me up early in the morning by calling out my names loudly (very
difficult for me to wake up early morning as I believe in late to bed and late
to rise). She contradicts me in this case. Till now, she is present with me in
all the stages of my life. We share many
similarities in hobbies and thoughts apart from appearance and our interests
lie in singing, painting, writing. I wish to find her in each and every moment
of my life so that I can share my happiness and sorrows.
My
relatives: My supporters and true admirers. They have provided me
emotional support when I was away from my parents. They have taken utmost care
so that I may not feel their absence. I have spent many holidays . Diwali, Holi
and many festivals have been celebrated by me with them. The delicacies made by
my grandma would shoo away all my worries. The care that I have got from her is
inexplicable. Even when she is ill, she would cook the items that I like the
most, whenever I return from hostel for vacation or holidays. My uncles would
buy the necessary stuffs that I need and demand. I share all my happiness and
worries with them and feel relieved. I always enjoy companies of my cousins
starting from age group of 6. I play many video games, computer games rather
than by being a spectator. I can consider myself as a ‘cotton’ when I am with them because they make me feel as light as
possible and completely drag me to another world(world of fantasies).
My
teachers: For me teachers play an important role in shaping future.
They can be regarded as incarnations of god because they excavate the winner
within you. They are like light houses in the midst of the ocean. They fill
life with knowledge and wipe out the darkness of ignorance. They guide you in a
better way than anyone else. In all most all stages of life, need of a teacher
can never be neglected. I have always come across many teachers who have
inspired me and encouraged me to move ahead in life. I am blessed to have such
teachers in my life. I respect them for whatever they have done for me.
My
friends: My friends are true critics and admirers. They are the ones
with whom I can freely share my feelings without even thinking whether to
express or not. I am very close to my friend circle and like to gossip a lot
with them. I show them my work and they appreciate it and if something extra I
need to add or omit they suggest. I take their suggestions positively and heartily.
Some of my friends are very true and genuine. They advice me to take the things
as lightly as possible to make life tension free. When I show them my short
stories, they would read those with a great interest and come up with lots of
possibilities and suggestions to make it better. Their company comforts me and
whenever I am with them I forget every pain and stress. There are the “keys of synthesizer” which I would
love to play all the time irrespective of mood. They have recommended me to
include some new topics which I am probably going to do.
Blog
Readers: Last but not the least, readers of this blog truly inspire
me to write more and more. Their words are always positive and encouraging. They
have sacrificed their valuable time in reading my articles and poems. It is a
great privilege to get positive feedback from them. I thank them for their
blessings and support. I hope that they do well in their life and their support
and care will never go in vain. I feel special when I see readers residing in
different corners of earth, express their feelings regarding the blog. I
promise that I will be writing in future and keep on publishing my work in my
blog.
*I am glad that after a gap of 12
months, I am spending the most special day with my special ones which I have
longed for (my pa, mom). Hope that you people rock in your own spheres of life.*
Never miss a chance to express your gratitude to your special ones in your special
moments of life because once they stood as a GREAT WALL OF CHINA for you (in your dark period of life). The
words that come out of your heart should reach the heart of your special ones
to let them know, their presence in your life is remarkable. They possess the
power to transform you completely to a new individual.
Thank
a lot everyone!!!!!
Here
is a poem that I had composed some months before and has got published in the
website called learning and creativity, Please follow the link: Feeling Obliged*Dedicated
to the readers of this article*.Happy labor day!!
29-3-2014
Sweta
Sarangi
