I recently completed my Twenty Second year of being on Planet Earth.
As is customary, everybody who remembered the date made it a point to wish me on my achievement, and to wish me success in my coming years as well. But the best birthday gift that I got was from a very close friend.
She thanked me for being her friend, for being somebody that she can trust... she thanked me for being who I am. That was the most wonderful gift that I could have ever imagined to get. Because that is ultimately what everyone strives for, isn't it? That he be loved for who he is, that he be liked for the way he makes others feel. That, to me, is the biggest success in life, much more than the fame and the fortune that we all run after.
Thank you, dear friend, for what you gave me on my birthday. I have one more thing to ask for, though. Pray that I may grow to be a better human being.
No Highway...
… Therefore, go forth, companion: when you find
No highway more, no track, all being blind,
The way to go shall glimmer in the mind.
Though you have conquered Earth and charted Sea
And planned the courses of all Stars that be,
Adventure on, more wonders are in thee.
Adventure on, for from the littlest clue
Has come whatever worth man ever knew;
The next to enlighten all men may be you…
- John Masefield
Sunday, December 10, 2006
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2 comments:
Ohh that was soo very touching! Really, even i feel that friendship & friends r d best gift one can get!:)
absolutely!!
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