Pari sat besides the river, staring at the deep and long current at the onset of dusk. She was feeling good, in fact very good. Life all of a sudden was simple and good in the peace of nature around. She was finding peace in the voice of insects, she was finding beauty in the stillness of water, she was finding her motive in the plants around. Every now and then, she'll throw a tiny pebble in the water and feel good at the concentric ripples which emerged.
Far away from the din and hectic pace of life, a sudden break was soothing and rejuvenating too!
Just few hours back, life was at its worst. Too much of mess around to handle, non stop phone calls, emotional turmoil of relationships, the heavy burden of one's own unmet expectations - it all seemed so complicated and she wanted to run away from it, she was becoming numb... and then, she got a call from her friend to spend weekend at this place, few kilometers away from city in the woods and hills.
And there she was, four hours from Bangalore into the deep woods in the arms of nature feeling the peace and love inside. Everything had come to a still. The wind seemed to sooth her, caress her - how much she longed those caring hands of her mother which used to comfort her after any stressful day. The wind seemed to talk to her, asking her to leave the baggage behind. She suddenly felt at ease with herself. Unsaid tears rolled through her eyes, but she was smiling.
She closed her eyes, as if to listen to herself. Her heart said, forget it, leave it, forgive, move on... for few seconds.. all these words seemed to cross her mind one after the other repeatedly. Simple words, yet they were making a lot of sense to her at this point of time. She took a deep breath, her eyes closed, as if somebody had placed a halo of light on her head and she was absorbing it. Minutes passed and she kept reflecting, with soft breeze by the river caressing her. Slowly, she opened her eyes, and she was feeling light, in fact good. As if Almighty Himself had come down and kissed her on her forehead. She could laugh to herself, to the world around. All the irritation, solitude and darkness within seemed to vanish. Such was the power of nature, and such was the effect.
One more day, and she was back to her office and her people in the same place. She was smiling, she was calm and she was positive. The best part, she knew she could handle it.
Sometimes, a break into unknown for a little while can help a lot... In reaching to oneself and releasing the toxic inside to feel the real you. :)
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