3rd November 2008

I was on the way to office in my office shuttle when I got the news which was both shocking and hard to believe. My Srilankan friend Lakni called me up and was giving me the news that five of my friend seniors passed away. I still couldn't believe when she revealed me the news first. I thought may be they were just injured, maybe I heard her wrong in the hustle bustle of the bus. Then somehow when I reached office and again I got a call from my old college friend, she was crying and telling me the shredding news. Still everything looks so unreal. How can such an awful thing happen to my own friends who were so alive and jolly the last time I saw them and chat with them online just 2 days back. It was hard to digest the news that all five passed away, and suddenly when all the news were sinking in, I couldn't stop the tears flowing out from my eyes in office. My mentor was asking whats the matter, but there were no words coming out. It was blocked with grief and sorrow of tears for them. It was getting hard to breathe.

They were always so helpful, kind and fun-loving and unique persons in each of them. Pretham was our college president, Vikram was the cute and innocent boy, Lionel was always rocking and cool. Anwar was tall and handsome and kind-hearted. Sam was such a nice person always cracking jokes and making everyone's life more beautiful. Then all of sudden this mishap happened and shook every one's life apart.

After a day of thinking, I just wanted to share here what I was going through....

We all know that one day we are going to leave our body and embrace our souls into the arms of the one up above but still we gets so engaged and engrossed in life that we fail to realize it in real feeling. We think it can happen to other person but not to me!!... untill and unless it happens to one of your near and dear ones. Its the irony of life, our death is sure and its better if we realize it sooner than later. Everything whether living or non-living is impermanent. We are living in a world of illusions and fantasy.. babies are born, flowers grow and bloom and then wither away... it's lovely petals blows away wid the wind spreading its frgrance of love and joy.. wind blows strong and then dies away... I know, whatever I am telling here seems so dumb and already known by us all but still its the fact and we tend to overlook it.

So, what I am trying to tell is. Nothing is really important today, tomorrow.. but still sometimes it seems as if whole world is on your head and you start taking tensions which is rather to be laughed at! We look at ants and see how they work together but seems so insignificant to us, like wise we are a smaller particle than an ant in this huge galaxy, universe.... so how can the world sit on your head ;)... so live each moment of your life and never do things which you will feel sorry and regret later on no matter what others feel. So cheers to life! This chapter of life will never come again in your life, so make it more beautiful with your smile and spread that happiness to all!