It takes just one act of love, of kindness, of courage, of gratitude or of acceptance. Yes just one act, and it makes all the difference.
This post comes straight from my heart, which was in utter chaos. A month full of broken promises and friendships. A month of full of difficult decisions made, a month full of turmoil and emotional roller-coaster, and a week full of second guessing all the decisions made, full of tears and a viral infection. Well, this will sound overly melodramatic, but I can't help it, I have thing for romanticizing pain as I have grown up on bollywood movies and I love Arijit Singh's songs, so bear with me.
But something happened today, which made me realize that at times, all it takes is one act. One act to save someones day, to save relationships from turning sour, to save someones life, to bring a smile to a teary faced, to bring peace to a troubled heart.
What we often fail to realize is that we are given this power, power to affect people, it depends on us how we use it. We have the ability to make someone's day just by simple act of care or love. We can make our loved ones feel that they are not alone by just taking out sometime from our lives for them.
We are bound by our calendars and our fast paced lives, but it won't hurt to stop and show your love to those who matter because after all this is what counts.
So many times I think of picking up a phone and calling some of my old friends, or my grandparents and I don't because well I get distracted by something. So many times I think of checking in on a person I think might be lonely and then I just shy away thinking it's not my place. So many times I try to reach out to someone I see is in pain but I don't because that person was not there in my time of need (petty I know, but that's me). So many times I thought of reaching out to an old friend who has become a stranger now. So many times I think of reaching out to a stranger who I see sitting lonely at her desk in office every day, and I don't neither do you probably.
But today, I realized how powerful just one act could be. So, I have decided that instead of not bothering or instead of bothering and not doing anything, I'll make a change. Let's try this, let's give love, a big bear hug, a warm smile, morning greetings of how are you to co-workers while you actually listen intently to how they are, hour long phone calls to old friends, a loud and honest laughter, open doors and even more wide open hearts. Because if not us then who else would? We are all so lonely or insecure or carry a baggage, all of us could use a good old big warm love. Sure, there are people who wronged you, sure there are people who you believe are downright evil and may be they are, but how can you decide someone else's karma? At least you can be good to the other half who you tend to ignore or forget about or take for granted, life is too short you know, and I said because us humans like other things tend to procrastinate showing love and care also, thinking we have lifetime ahead of us to show the love that we feel towards someone.
Let's start with a simple act, a simple act to show someone that they mean something to us, a simple act to show someone that they are not alone, a simple act to show that our love, that is all that makes a difference.
This post is my love to the person who said to me once - "I might not be able to give you a solution to your problems, because it's me you know I can't, but I sure can listen to you and when you cry I can cry with you" - cliched isn't it? Well hindi movies you see, but this is the moment I knew I love this person, because these things, these simple acts are all that brings people closer, because in these moments what we experience is shared pain and shared joy and love that stems from that and it is this love that binds two people together.
Happy Loving, Happy living.
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