The City That Never Sleeps




posted : July 27, 2010
No matter how life turns out for us, there will always be that few things that make you pause at least for a second and question yourself.

For me, it has always been the question of how I should react to old friends. Friends who even if it were for a period of time meant the world to me. Time when our worlds actually revolved about the same axis. I have a couple of such friends since kindergarten days who have their own mysterious ways of finding themselves back up into my life again. Who randomly tend to pop up even if it were on facebook news feed just to serve as a reminder not to forget their existence. Having centered life around them for a period of time, I usually have a soft spot whenever they ask favours, drop an extremely long greeting message etc. I always try to be hard on myself so that I don't give in that easily. But, the feeling is like raking up a photograph of your childhood days. It's almost impossible to smile to yourself seeing how innocent and happy you were. How simple those days were to explain happiness. How family was perfection even though daddy didn't buy you ice-cream. Weekends meant family outings even if it meant going to zoo, bird park every other weekend. Ah. Life was just simple and bliss.

But no matter how far up I climb or away I fly, old friends will always have a way of making time come to a standstill.