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Strangers -> Friends

A few days back I dug these bands out from
my childhood treasure. 
PS: I wasn't that popular kid. These are collected over years.


From the past few days, a thought has been lingering in my mind. The thought goes like this - Those who are one of my closest were once a stranger to me. If I think of my college friends right now, their existence was unbeknownst to me when in school, I had no idea that a person called ABC is living in XYZ state, planning to give the same JEE Advanced exam as I was, getting admission into the same IIT as I was. And this is a very specific example, if you think of it every single person who I know now has been a stranger to me at one point in time, even our own parents. When we opened our eyes, our parents might have seemed an alien to us, who knows, right? We grow fond of them over time. Also, I'm not saying that only time determines the strength of the bond. 

There might have been a time I've hesitated to talk to them thinking they are strangers, but who knew with them I'll be sharing some of my life's best moments, some pretty awkward moments. Many of my friends have been tolerating my clumsiness for years. 

I know people tend to say, "We come alone and we leave this world alone." But I don't believe that. I think that we don't come alone - our parents and family have made some small cute memories with us from the moment we were inside the big tummy of our mums. Little moments like kicking inside, those cravings we used to give to our mums, etc. were made even before we breathed a single ounce of air. On the contrary, we don't leave this world alone too. We leave this world by giving lots of memories to hundreds of people, many with whom we shared beautiful moments too. You might have accidentally influenced so many lives you're unaware of. And there'll always be people who'll miss you when you're gone which shows that we are not alone, we never were. 

So, in this blog, I want to give a shoutout to all my friends who I've met one-on-one and whom I've met online. My Sassy Six girls who have been such HUGEE support in this one year especially and will be in coming years too (I'm not so easy to leave behind hehe). Laddoo - who hasn't been mentioned in my earlier blogs but I know he is dying to have his moment, so here is his - a friend who I've warmed up to in this one year only, and since then he has been an imposter in our group and transformed it into 'Sb OP'  -  a group where all 5 of us are cracks and talk about the stupidest thing going on.

My school friends with whom I might have lost contact but I know they all are making a life of their own and seeing their Instagram makes me so happy. Another reason for you to join Instagram - it connects you. (PS: I can vouch Instagram day and night lol) Some of them are still in touch with me, some I talk to not so often but when we do nothing ever seems to change.

Also, if you are my friend and we might have lost touch, this is your cue to text me up. I will be really happy to reconnect with you. 

A very Happy Friendship Day to you all!! Talk to your friends coz now you have an occasion for that. And let's not think that we talk only on such days - we all get busy right? 

Have fun today and make this day like a mini-online reunion.

PS: You can also share this blog with them. I too can get a little publicity hehe :) 


Word of the Blog: Unbeknownst (without the knowledge of)


Bye Bye

Zeba xoxo

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Comments

Fatema Maksood said…
Thnx for reminding the pretty little fact, that we are never alone, & it's fact that, you're always remembered by at least one person whom you've been kind, when no one else was!
August 6, 2021 at 11:09 PM
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