A very famous dialog in Kuch Kuch hota hai says - Jindagi me pyar ek hi baar hota hai!
Ignoring the fact that it's a SRK movie and can have any WTF story and dialogs, the reason I remembered this dialog is one of my frnd who is suffering from a breakup on long distance relationship note. Now he is still in his twenties and has the whole life in front of him, I didn't expect this dialog from him. Quite surprising! This made me think of Soul Mates. They say - soul mate is a person whom you are compatible with and have a deep affinity
with. Is there really ONE person in this world that you are destined to be with? Does you life has no love if you are not with your first love?
Few days back, I was on a beach in Konkan with my husband. I saw an elderly couple. The old lady was not being able to walk properly, probably due to pain in knees but she wanted to go in water and experience the beautiful sunset. Her husband helped her go in sea, they both started staring at the setting sun. While she was busy living the moment, her husband took some water in hand and sprinkled on her. Surprised in joy, she did the same and they started playing with each other. For me, this is love.
In peak summer, at the signal, a person on bike was waiting for the green. His wife sitting back, lot of thoughts and worries on face. Kid's education, future investments, care about parents and so many things which are common tensions in any middle class life. Signal changed to green, her husband changed gear and she got a little jerk. For support, she placed his hand on his shoulder and suddenly a relief came on her face. She grasped, he is always there with her in all her tensions, worries and sorrows. In a single moment that worried face turned into a smiling one. Is love different than this?
When you first find someone and the infatuation phase kicks in, everything is
wonderful and he or she is everything to you, you can think of nothing else and
wouldn’t want to be or do anything without that person. After a while, those
feelings give way to a more deeper sense of love and satisfaction. After
marriage, people naturally change with time, circumstances change and you learn
to develop your love accordingly. I believe all of these phases are initiations
of life. We learn, we grow, we are wiser and we learn to realize this sense of love again and again :)
