Beyond Words!….

I was visiting Istanbul and was on one of those Bosphorous Cruises on a very cold yet sunny day!

The tour had Spanned by three awe-inspiring suspension bridges and linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara. The cruise arguably offered the finest panorama of this amazing city, bringing to life Asian and European vistas and a shore that is lined with fabulous palaces, stunning mosques and imposing public buildings.

Amongst these never-seen amazing sights, the sight which caught hold of my attention was on the right side of the top floor of the cruise. Two elderly man, in the prime of their old age, one of them sipping on from his Beer Mug and the other one, immersed deeply in the “Lonely Planet: Istanbul”!

I made my way towards them and started a light chit chat with the Beer guy! From a 30 mins talk that we had, I gathered a lot about Turkey, places that one must visit within Istanbul! But the one which remained with me was the fact that his friend and him was around 65yrs! And they have been friends since more than 20+ yrs! And the way he talked about him, just showed how well accomplished he was feeling about this trip with his friend!

And that just got me thinking, not many of us would have such friends who would be with us for so long. Or a friend who has seen us grow into the person that we become and the series of events which made us the person that we are @ that point in time!

I mean, what a pleasure it would be to just refer to some event to someone and discuss about it without having to explain the whole crux in a gist! And the other person would just nod and get it!

I have been friends with my ghurl since past 14 yrs now.  And well, I hope to go around with her someday. Around the world! Not to see the world, but maybe to experience the enriching feel of having someone around you when you feel its all over!

And no, this was not the only thing which made me feel this way about our relation! I did feel something cosmic before but just that I wasn’t able to find the right words to fit in, or to describe the crude beauty of it! I did tell to my other friend, that she has taught me the real meaning of love, being there for someone. Something so transcendental that I seek that in my every relation!

We, as human, are very insecure about lot of thing, relationships being on top of that list! Of course, I have had lots of friends in my life and I somehow settled my peace with the fact that once there better half comes, the person is bound to spend or rather invest more with him/her rather than in their respective friend! But my ghurl managed to break this firm belief of mine! I saw the purity with which she manages her relations and it is so damn appealing! I am mesmerized every time she takes me back with the same love!

I have realized that as I grow, not in number but in maturity, the lesser the unwanted and non-raw relations I prefer! Anything which needs efforts from the beginning, feels sucha burden. Reason being, after having experience life for 20 yrs now, its like there’s very lil assurance that one’s efforts would pay off!! And I definitely feel more than just lucky to have her in my life!

Hun, this is a shout out to you. You have a holy spirit of your own! People may or may not recognize it well in time! But blv me, I have high respect for you. And that respect makes me love you more with every passing day!

You are indeed the best that happened to me! I love you to the moon and back!

Also, someday we shall be on that ferry/cruise, cruising in the corner while you gorge on some travel guide and maybe chit chat with some random stranger and I sip on my BEER!!

Amen!!….