I happened to tumble across Orkut today... Remember Orkut?? :) Used to be our life just like Facebook once upon a time... I think I was in college when I first created my Orkut profile and I felt that was the coolest thing I have ever done - adding every other person you talk to, adding all your school friends, childhood friends, the good looking guys in other class ;) , your seniors , the b**** from the other section ( just to see what she is up to ) :P etc ... 

The next best thing that you could do on Orkut was checking out photos, writing scraps and who could forget the various testimonials from numerous people - some write out of their own choice , some out of compulsion :D 

I was going through my testimonials today and I couldn't stop feeling extremely nostalgic!!!! I have /had so many friends who had some many good things to tell about me. It actually made me feel special that I have friends who think I am such a good friend to them! It was a time in my life when my world revolved around them. I couldn't think of doing anything without their views & opinions but of course with the no. of friends I had, there was bound to be too many cat fights & difference of opinion. I can still remember few of the stunts that I pulled with my friends ( totally unnecessary) and we wouldn't talk for days and weeks together. Towards the end of college, there were way too many slam books to be filled - some were filled just for the heck of it and some were filled with too many mixed emotions of leaving behind you own small world and stepping into a new chapter of your life. 

Those innumerable promises that you make to your friends that you would stay in touch and meet every week...

That you would meet for all their birthdays....

That you would meet for lunch at least 2 - 3 times in a months....

That you would go for a 1 day trip at least once a month ....

That you would go for a week's trip at least twice a year...

I'll be honest here... I haven't done any of these.... :( 

From my perspective alone I can say, the excitement of getting a job - not just any job, my FIRST JOB!!! I kept pushing myself to get better and better at what I was expected to do. My friends slowly took a back seat and all the while I kept telling myself " Hey, its OK if I couldn't catch up with them this week, I'll make it up to them the next week " and its been almost 7 yrs since I left college and I don't remember meeting all of my friends for more than 4 - 5 times... and trust me I am not proud about it. Forget meeting them, a simple call would have gone a long way to tell them that they are being thought of...

I have been working for more than 5 years now and one thing I have accepted is I did not study hard and struggle in life to be a machine and live a meaningless life. There is so much more to life. Its your family and friends who will lend you a helping hand and a shoulder to cry on whenever you need it. No matter how serious Life gets, you still gotta have that one person you can be completely stupid with :)


So guys, just leaving with a  thought:

Call that friend of yours today , catch up with them over this weekend , let them know they are being thought of and tell them how much they mean to you :)

"It's impossible." said pride.

"It's risky." said experience.

"It's pointless." said reason.

"Give it a try." whispered the heart.....