RAHI

I don't believe in the song JEEVAN KE SAFAR ME RAHI,MILTE HAIN BICHHAR JAANE KO, AUR DE JAATE HAIN YAADEN TANHAI ME TARPANE KO...
Instead I love to put it this way: JEEVAN KE SAFAR ME RAHI MILTE HAIN BICHHAR JAANE KO, AUR DE JAATE HAIN YAADEN TANHAI ME MUSKANE KO...
Afterall life is about meeting so many lifeforms.
Living with some, playing with some, eating-drinking with some, growing up with some, walking the road of life together with some etc.
Each an every Rahi leaves an impression in our lives in one or the other way, inturn helping us in our process of growing.
I remember all my fellow travellers in this journey of life with happiness. Their memories whether good or bad always light me up (one should learn & see something good even from bad).They fill me up up with happiness, joy & revive me with a strange kind of energy.
Whenever I am down,feeling low, just a trip down the memory lane is enough to zest & boost up.
As I write this I remember two travellers & am really compelled to write about them.

The first one who brings a smile & a strange sense of wonder is TANI SINGH. I met her at her parent's shop (In & out) at a PETROL PUMP enroute to Shimla.We had some problem with our vehicle & while my husband got the problem rectified I walked into the shop & was looking up for small lil things to carry &just pass time.
"Aapko kya chahiye", was the enquiry I responded to with my gaze. There she was a small, tiny structure,9-10 years old,a special child. I was smitten by the lovely smile.I told her I was looking for something, nothing special & walked ahead.
"Aapke bachchen nahi hai"?
"Hain", I replied in the affirmative.
"To aap ye le lonaa", & she handed me a lovely book, followed by colour pencils, chocolates,& all that she could possibly think of.
Like a dedicated follower I received her advice, the happy gaze in her eyes was wonderful as she was being listened to.Her ways, her smile,her care & affection was very special for me.Everything about her was so infectious. Her mother tried to take her away but I insisted on her being left with me. "No she is not at all troubling & bothering me. You have a lovely child,"was my response to her mother getting a little worried about her customers being troubled by her small lil girl.
What still amazes me is the small lil selfless girl, who seemed to know me since ages, giving me motherly & friendly advice, treating me like a small girl. I learn from her memories to be responsive, to care & of all to have a lovely heart. The thought of Tani Singh always livens me up. She must have grown now but her memories stay with me & will continue to enrich me forever.
The other life form is of a wayside dog,but did not seem like one( let me name it Happy).He was cute & fresh.He was a bundle of energy & joy with lovely cheerful eyes & very playful ways.
Happy came across me in Mashobra, came jumping to me & started tugging at my T-shirt. An animal lover that Iam,I could not just resist the teeny weeny pup playing with me. My entire family was drawn to Happy. We got some biscuits for him.He started nibbling but as soon as he saw me take out the camera, oh my my...
to the utter dismay & disbelief of everyone ,Happy started posing for pictures. He turned his face, changed his posture & did everything possible to ensure that I get a good shot.Every tourist, every passer by was enthralled & captivated by his charming ways & stopped to have a look & give a lovely pat or a stroke.It was an experience in itself. At the end of the so called photo shoot Happy would not let us leave & coaxed us to continue playing with him. It was as if we shared some invisible bond & he filled my heart with love & joy. But sadly we had to part ways.
Like Tani, Happy will remain in my memories forever & will continue to enrich me with love & happiness.
Tani & Happy have taught me how to care,& impart love & happiness to everyone selflessly, even to strangers. They have taught me to be happy in any situation & will continue to fill my life with happiness & pure love through their memories forever & ever.
So I say happiness is everywhere, one just needs to see it &embrace it.
Three cheers to evergiving, ever enriching happiness.
Isn't this Lifeamrit