Something in life remains

Yesterday was like any other day in the new normal world

Where I woke up at 11 am, dragging myself out of the bed and hoping to start my day on a positive note.

Like routine, I was having a cup of coffee while watching birds flying outside and enjoying the beautiful garden from my bedroom. The view is so mesmerizing that I cannot get bored with it.

And started reading my book “Best Kept Secret” by Jeffrey Archer, he is one of my favorite authors. This is the 3rd part of the Barrington series and it is like now I know the characters as they are a part of my life.

After reading some 80 pages, I started scrolling on Instagram to understand what others are doing in life. How are they spending their Sunday and how they are coping up with the situation?

How well they have organized their life as per new normal or still struggling like me to get hold it. Suddenly, I started feeling demotivated and started doubting myself about my ability to perform at work. I work for a media agency as an experiential marketing person; because of this pandemic situation, it is getting difficult to get clients on board.

Was feeling so depressed as if there is no excitement in life, no plans, was feeling like a burden on myself. Getting worried about my professional life, my career, my niece called when I was juggling with my thoughts.

She called, asking me to come and visit her as she has planned some surprise for me. Honestly, I was too bored to get out of the bed but her sweet innocent voice was playing in my head.

So, to make her happy, I dressed up. Walked towards her place and reached in 10mins.

As soon as I knocked at her door, she wrapped her arms around me giving me a tight hug with an innocent smile on her face. “Massi, where have you been? Was waiting for you so long? She said”

I cannot imagine all my worries, anxieties that I was feeling from the morning all fading away by seeing a cute innocent smile on her face.

She had planned a “vada pav” party for me with boiled groundnut, which is what we both enjoy eating. Spending an hour of quality time with her, looking at her smiling face, I just made my day.

That smile taught me something remains constant in life no matter is going on around you.

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