A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed...!!!

Sometimes, I think how often do we catch up with our friends, without whom, once our lives seemed to be completely meaningless? How strange it is, that a friend who is a true partner in our joys and sorrows, whose absence makes our day quite gloomy and dull, suddenly becomes so close yet so far that you need to really struggle hard to even shake hand and say “hello’ to each other.

Since past few days, I am missing my best friend ‘Kirti’ (http://kirti-momentstoremember.blogspot.in/). It is not that we both are not in touch with each other. It’s just that I muse on how life has taken turns in both of our lives that we don’t get to even see each other for months, in spite of being in the same city. Our friendship was started when we both were colleagues, and destiny somehow had decided to bring us close to each other in manners we could not have even imagined of. I remember the times when both of us struggled hard to learn our technology and survive in our first organization at the time of recession. The painful days when we would travel to the other end of the city and reach office in the early hours of morning, work for the whole day together solving so-called critical and high-priority issues and waited for the day to end up desperately so that we can go back to our homes. However, those were the best days of our lives as we laughed and cried together, supported and criticised, promised to be together always, however gave space to each other and enjoyed each and every moment to its fullest. There was a time when we were so busy with our lives that we did not even talk to each other, but the essence of friendship did not vanish, even after Kirti changed her job, left Pune, shifted to Hyderabad and thereafter Dubai. I had never thought that we would meet someday again and relive those old days, after all that is what usually happens when someone dear goes far from you. But I was wrong. She came back to Pune and much to my surprise; we were again working together, in a new organization. But, false to our expectations, those good old days were somewhere lost in time. We both had our share of good and bad experiences in life and we had started to take life more seriously and maturely than ever before. 

The best part is, even today when our lives have changed completely, we both find ourselves besides each other whenever needed. The sad part is that we didn’t even realize when the term ‘need’ came in between our ever-lasting friendship. There was a time when we would meet without any plans, reasons or occasions. But, today we even find hard to see each other when we desperately want to. Yes, we always have an option of calling each other on phone, but sometimes I feel the need of that kind of conversation where I can sit beside my friend and speak nothing, but come back home feeling calm and relaxed. With our growing responsibilities and unexpected circumstances, that seems to be quite a distant wish these days. Thankfully, we at least stand besides each other when we are in need. After all, a friend in need is a friend indeed.