The Unseen Bonds

After much thought, finally, this blog is born and the entire credit to this goes to two of the world’s most fabulous people- R and P! Hey,that makes them happy and proud parents of this blog...aye? Haha, I have already assumed they will be happy and proud of what I post here. Talk of liberties of the free world! LOL. Thank you guys for being such great cheerleaders. :) 

These 2 people are special because I have never met them and yet have forged a bond and an understanding which is pretty much a rare experience for me. And that is what I want to talk about in my very first topic for this blog- Unseen bonds!

We meet people, like them or dislike them; interact more with the ones we share a rapport with and try to avoid the ones that push our buttons. This is a very usual way of connecting to people; exchange identities, contact details and then let the bond develop between you and them. And there are some bonds that find you; yes they find you and it shows that you are blessed; where you are connected by spirit- compassion, understanding, and love. There is an inexplicable factor that comes into play when you connect with strangers in faraway lands. Identities are not important here; neither is your way of life or your nationality or religion or your designation or social status! NOTHING matters because such bonds transcend all these social barriers and bring people together as human beings.

When I was working in Mumbai a few years back, I used to catch 8.02am local train from Dadar to Malad every day. Amidst the ever burgeoning crowd of people, there were some faces which I could spot regularly at the station. After few days, we happen to look for each other, exchange smiles and greetings all the while not knowing each others’ names! The train would come and take us to our respective places to begin our daily struggles and drama of life. It became a daily ritual for us and the day felt incomplete without those bright smiles and a gentle nod that accompanied it. This simple, yet powerful experience of bonding with nothing but love for the sake of it has remained a vivid memory of my Mumbai experience.

Even our films are filled with such stories where people fall in love before they even meet! I have always wondered whenever I watched ‘You’ve got mail’ and other such films; what is it that connects people to each other this way? And I realised apart from the human values connecting them, such bonds let people be and let them express themselves fully without the fear of being judged. There is no holding back of opinions or the fear of losing face! (They haven’t seen you, so you can’t lose this one, literally!! :D). You are what you are! And this attitude makes you beautiful in the real sense! I SO wish people across the world could connect with this attitude with each other in the ‘real’ world too; that would make life more loving and worth living.

So cheers to the beauty of such bonds, seen or unseen! For me this is as ‘real’ as it can get.

Love Always!