The unfiltered you with Friends

पापान् निवारयति योजयते हिताय |

गुह्यानि गूहति गुणान् प्रकटीकरोति |

आपद्गतम् च न जहाति ददाति काले |

सन्मित्रलक्षणमिदम् प्रवदन्ति सन्तः |

They will help you overcome bad qualities and inspire you to take the right path; they will keep your secrets but advertise your good qualities; they will not desert you when you’re in trouble and give of themselves in your time of need – such is the nature of good friends say the wise.

While introspecting n years of my life on friendship, I realised there was quiet a few entries and exit of people (sometimes referred as friends). I've strong feeling everyone can relate to it that we've lost our friends whom we thought will stay till our last breath and we've gained few friends who didn't click at first but were great to be with over time. I'm so lucky to have a few who don't fall in either of these categories and has been my true friends since forever.

"I will miss you" "Please stay in touch" "What will I do without you" "I love you so much" "Don't forget to invite me in your marriage" "We will meet sometime in future" "I wish we could stay in the same city"......

Few promises were not kept but the intensions were pure when words were said. 

वक़्त और हालात ने ऐसा किया सितम।

Life's moving fast for everyone. Responsibilities and priorities keeps on changing which might be the reason to stay not so connected with friends. We tend to have stronger bond, whom we meet and talk regularly, but it is strongest with whom we meet or talk once in a decade (not literally) and still resume from where we left. It feels so comfortable to be the unfiltered version of the real 'you'. Even a minute of talk with them recharges you with energy. If you have even one such person in life, you're so lucky. 

I've lost some of my best friends and I miss them. I feel blessed to have a few pages to life with them and shared a great time together. And to the one's who's always been there for me at all times (especially my bad times), I love you and I'm sure we'll keep up till heaven, if we're going there ever. 

I'm always there for you. I'm just a hi or chai away from you! So, never miss out any chance to reconnect with such a wonderful person like me 😌