BUBBLES OF LOVE
She sat on her bed, reasoning why her life was at a standstill. One letter shattered her wonderful dream. Holding it she sat convinced she had no love in her life. Maybe she is not wanted by anyone in this world; tears rolling down her cheeks.
Her thoughts flash backed every second of her life contemplating things that she could have done & that she did not. Where was she wrong? Someone she begged gave her that answer….
Having a grave look on her face she was starring at the phone, that flashed a call from home. Picking she cried aloud “Mamma why this happened to me? I do not wish to live”.
A sober voice at the other end spoke with love & care, “No my child, have faith in God, HE does things with purpose”.
“I am shattered, Mamma, shattered completely”.
“Go out somewhere for a change, you will see things differently & would feel good. Do not overlook the small things that God has given you, treasure them, they would give you happiness & love…. Happiness will return to you definitely, my child ….” her mother lend a precious advice.
CHANGE? Change for whom and for what? Only to get convinced that love is not destined? Thoughts like these racking her mind. There was so much of turmoil inside her, she could hardly think of anything else in her life at this moment.
A waitlisted ticket was enough to give her another whack. Later in day she thought no matter what she needs to run away from this city, run away from the situation where destiny had put her today. She boarded the train to Bangalore. Her friend’s family was there to welcome her at the station. She put a hard effort to hide her gloomy look with a small smile and greeted them. The generous friend made everything comfortable for her stay at their home.
There was a sense of celebration at their home on her arrival; the air was filled with joy. Their little son was playing with the little girl that accompanied her along. The happy faces all around her forced her to smile.Her friend convinced her that her stay at Bangalore would be a memorable one for all. Bangalore a city of gardens, hence Lalbaug was their first destination in a long list of places to be visited.
She was enthralled by the crowd there. The rows of pretty flowers, the fountain, the beautiful trees, the happy faces all around her made it a wonderful sight.
She was slowly getting charged, opening her senses to smile and trying to overcome her sadness. They bought ice-cream with fruit salad, wafer, chocolates and enjoyed. She clicked the crowd, the huge shed at the centre of the garden which looked beautiful, the pretty bed of roses and daises, the solitude lake at the end and the man blowing soap bubbles to attract kids at centre.
They walked around for a while & sat down on a lush green grass patch, talked and laughed. Their kids ran away to catch soap bubbles that the man was blowing far away. Her friend followed them to take care. She was left alone and now was slowly sinking into her old mood. She felt extremely alone. Why was she alone when everybody was smiling and laughing around her? She was in silent thoughts.
The kids were now running and chasing the soap bubbles. They returned to her with a box of soap liquid and started blowing soap bubbles around her. She observed this little girl, she looked naughty than ever, her face was angelic and she was smiling continuously. Sometimes she hopped around to catch the bubbles, blew them and run to hold them back on her blower than trying to blow another bigger bubble. Sometimes she blows them close to the little boy who was trying to catch them. She started jumping to catch them, at times higher than her friend and sometimes teased him with the balloons she had. This energetic little girl made her smile again.
She clicked the little girl’s picture, every pose she could manage to take. She waited for the right moment. The little girl noticed her efforts to take the picture and started running around her. Happy to have her attention on her she came back posing for the next photo. The little girl was now amazed with the amount of attention she was receiving. Posing and running back to her to see the photo captured in the LCD screen of the camera.
It was a wonderful sight. All her ruminations stopped, she was now laughing with an unknown joy at this little girl. The girl looked beautiful with her black hair, eager black eyes and a sweet, shy smile. As she composed the shot, she could not help laughing. The girl was adjusting her hair, giving a perfect picture, attempting like an already aspiring model!
The little boy also joined. They played around her and her camera. The girl started using the camera and managed to take few shots. Now it was time to leave. To her surprise inside she was feeling very happy and delighted.
As they were leaving, the little girl came running to hold her hand.She asked, “Would you be my friend?”
A simple question. But one of the greatest moment of her life. She made a new friend.
She smiled and said, “Yes, my friend!”
They returned back to their city in few days. She much content to found a new friend in this trip and more with the thought that she is loved by someone in this world and someone who needed her so much in life.
The little girl loves to talk to her new found friend. Shares her small everyday stories, hugs her, kiss her and plays around together.
A month later she developed the film. The photos were one of the best of her collection. She showed them to her little friend. The little friend was impressed and overjoyed. She jumped to kiss her, hugged her & thanked her. Smiled and started her endless conversation with her, till she ordered her to stop and sleep.
She lay besides her looking at the angelic friend, who had suddenly changed her life and brought so much love. Lazily lying she thought if she would have observed this earlier, like she does now, she would be rejoicing over her life, long before.
Nature presents a variety of creations to us. But we hardly observe them. They give us great joy; fill us with tremendous hope, even if they come for short lived or as a smallest creation in our life.
She now rejoices over the fact that BUBBLES OF LOVE are destined to her!
