Lost In Thought

Lost in thought
Of fights fought
And places sought.
But now, senses are fraught
With thoughts
That all this was for naught.
Life ought
to be lived and its truth be taught
To all schools of thought
So that sweet memories are not lost.

- John Xavier

5 Year Affair and Still Counting

Some relationships are so special that I often wonder what would I have done had I been asked to choose my friends all by myself. In my opinion, it would have been artificial and short-sighted at best. That's why I think God always makes important choices in our lives. One of those important choices God made for me is with whom He wants me to be 'FRIENDS' with.

We sometimes get stuck at the crossroads of life only to meet a group of folks who will approach the same spot from 4 different directions. Same is the case with our friendship. I stopped at a crossroad after college at HP and then made friends with some of the best folks who were generous enough to even spread my network to their buddies (THANK YOU, FOLKS!).

I think by now you know what I intend to write. I just wanted celebrate our friendship and write a brief blog on how much I enjoyed today as we remembered this day as a special one to 'Celebrate Friendship'. To sum up the day in a nutshell - it was a 10 crazy guys' journey by 2 cars and 1 bike to a beautiful bungalow just to make each one of us feel special.

My nutshell definition wouldn't do justice if I didn't mention the following:

The game of cricket we played while we teased each other unceasingly...

The rambling while at the jacuzzi.... The chat at the waterfalls... Volleyball in the swimming pool with regular disruptions by Srinath, our Macho man... and a couple of swimming laps to end the day.

The day couldn't have ended better with the strength of the evening sun fading while the memories of the day blazing bright in our hearts echoing the refraing "those were the best days of my life"... But this is summer of 2010.... For seasons may change but our hearts will forever retain the spring time.

I thank God for making the best choices in my life. I hope to continue our love affair so that we wouldn't use numbers next time but make the reunion timeless.

Kudos to all of us!!!