That’s not cellulite. That’s just a permanent dent in my butt from all the times I have kicked myself over my incredible foolishness. (I woke to this thought this morning. I wonder what I had been dreaming about!)
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If I were to single out any particular moment in my life when I felt truly afraid, it would have to be the following. Junior College. There were six of us, trying to decide between a movie and just “hanging around”. And I don’t quite remember how it all started, but Gunjan and Divya started discussing who knew Rahul best. Divya claimed she did; she was the girlfriend after all and they had been in the same school. Gunjan claimed he did; he was Rahul’s best friend, and his closest confidante. And then they started this rather juvenile quiz on who could predict Rahul’s likes and reactions better. I don’t remember who won that particular argument; I was too busy being appalled at the idea that people took a certain sort of pride in such possessiveness.
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You know that old bit of philosophy about how you discover your closest friends in your times of greatest need? Sometimes, I think they got it wrong. Tragedy has this way of bringing out something noble in all of us, and even total strangers would lend you a shoulder to cry on if they sense you are in trouble. I sometimes think that’s because we like to feel needed. And being there for someone in their grief makes us feel heroic. It’s the people who choose to stay by you when you least need them, who’ll put up with your daily non-sense and laugh with you over all your crazy jokes, and who’re there simply because they enjoy your company, who you should hold on to. Because you can’t really laugh on your own.
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Had the most amazing time last evening with the “Chutney” gang. We laughed, and laughed, and laughed. And I feel blessing lucky to have them in my life!
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Discovered an interesting blog today, while I was googling for a quote from Peter Pan. Some posts made me cry. And that’s the grand thing about being a parent, I think (not that I would know anything about it!): you can’t teach a kid what you yourself don’t know. Consequently, in their attempts to teach their child to be a better human being, they become better human beings themselves!
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