Exhale and Let Go

 

Sun was setting and my phone beeped. There was a message from my junior college teacher, Mrs. Seema that one of our teachers had passed away and that there was a prayer ritual in the society hall. I decided to go with a hope of meeting all other teachers under a common roof. I stepped inside the hall, all the teachers were sitting on the chairs and on the stage were the family members of late teacher Shree. One by one people came and expressed their thoughts heartfully on the stage. When I was a student, teacher Pummy and teacher Seema had high ego issues and they never went along well professionally. It had been a few years they had retired and today was the day when they would be seeing each other face to face after a long time. Otherwise, fire would pass between them and they say ego hikes on the mountain of success. Just then the prayers ended and I stepped out of the hall just to see an unexpected view. Teacher Seema and teacher Pummy were seen into each other’s arms, hugging and consoling. I kept looking at them and smiled at myself. Grudges and personal differences water ego and vice-versa. If not worked upon in right time, we may lose the best of our companions and life may not give us a chance again to get back to our partner or our old friend. When its time to leave this world, everything and everyone is left behind. Today and now is the time, to forgive, forget and get back to our lost ones. Who wants to die with a sad, heavy and unsatisfied soul to be carried for the further journey in the dawn? Let’s make life light and easy for yourself first and then also for others.