A present that caused ectopic heartbeat

Today I had a rendezvous with a member of United Nations who is also a very nice & good looking person with beautiful dimples. Its monsoon & rains in Mumbai are unpredictable so I wanted to meet her at a place that is nearby to her to prevent her from much travelling. She however convinced me to meet at Candies at Pali Hill which is close to where I stay maybe she was too concerned about my convenience.

She left Mumbai around 4 months ago from today to work with United Nations in Delhi. When she left it was heartbreaking for me, for some days I was very low. It’s extremely difficult for life to go on in the same way when someone with a commanding, dynamic & fiery personality moves to another city.

I was nervous being unfamiliar to that restaurant but still highly exhilarated as within some moments I was about to meet a very nice member of United Nations whom I highly respect. She reached the restaurant earlier than me. The guilt of not being able to reach in time in spite of staying close to the restaurant exceeded my nervousness & made my knees become weak.

With tremendous adrenaline rush I somehow managed to enter the restaurant. With extreme nervousness & sheer exhilaration, some questions that were running in my mind were, whether I’ll be able to recognise her, how I should call her, by her name or Miss (her last name).

Luckily I located her in less than 15 seconds after entering not by seeing her face but by seeing her lustrous wavy hair. I went nearby & found her paying the bills that highly disheartened me. Free food so many times from her, didn’t make me understand how to take it.

I didn’t know what to tell her & what to consider. I wondered if I should speak to her like the way I did before or respecting her like one respects a member of United Nations.

She looked the same person with the same attitude she had before being a part of United Nations.

We took the food & luckily found a nice place to sit. Time was around 14:15 hrs, sky was overcast but no rains, wind speed was around 12km/hr, temperature was around 27 degrees, in short weather was pleasant for me. The restaurant TV was tuned to a channel called Movies Now & on air was Jumanji movie. I was extremely overwhelmed with bliss to have such a nice company, at such a nice ambiance.

We had just started eating & she presented me a small pouch with a big box of cookies. Somehow by the grace of GOD I didn’t become unconscious by her generosity.

She asked me to open the pouch. It was from a jewellery shop. Initially I thought that she wants to show me a ring which she might have got from some admirer of her but I was so wrong. When I opened it I found a silver coin with a very auspicious sign on it. That moment caused ectopic heartbeat to me. I didn’t know what to tell her. I was extremely elated. The radiance on her face & the gaze of her eyes had made me blank. Words couldn’t define her generosity. What I got is extremely precious. In my opinion one may get something similar but getting something so auspicious from someone whom he/she likes & respects & also who is so nice, means a lot. I think that I didn’t become unconscious because of the very auspicious silver coin with OM written on it & on the reverse the icon of Lord Ganesha.

She quickly kept the presents in my bag & commanded me to eat food. It reminded me of the days when she used to do the same. I felt that the extreme elation & so many thoughts running may make me unconscious but luckily I was okay & didn’t collapse.

We finished eating so many dishes & moved out to shop. I may have spent around two & a half hour with her but it seemed only a few minutes to me. (Albert Einstein’s relativity)

I don’t know what to tell her & how to thank her as I owe a lot to her. I’m indeed grateful to GOD for making me meet such a generous, honest, humble, kind, sensible, trustful person. Although she is 4 years younger to me her generosity & humbleness makes me a nervous, shy & timid. I know many females but I’ve never been so comfortable with them. I don’t know what is so different in her maybe it’s because her birth date is close to mine. I’ll always remember her in a very special way. I wish wherever her life takes her may she always have immeasurable bliss, happiness, joy, prosperity, the best & finest things & all the good luck possible for anyone to have.