Meeting an Old Friend
Friends make life worth living. One meets many people in our day to day life but there are some among them who leave an impression in our minds that lasts a life time. These are people we can laugh with, cry with and depend on with the utmost degree of faith. Friends make it easier for us to go through hardships and struggles in life. They always provide a shoulder for us to cry on.
A very close friend of mine named Sujata left when I was very young. She went away to the United States and I began to feel very lonely. She and I were inseperable in school. She was my partner in class and even in the evening she would come over to my house and we would spend all our time playing together. Then her parents decided to settle down in the States and she left. I remember how much I cried when I went to leave her at the airport.
For a long time I could not find any friends that I could feel absolutely comfortable with. Most of my friends seemed like boring company. I began writing to Sujata regularly. We exchanged letters every week and sometimes even called each other over the telephone. However I always had the feeling of loss after she went away.
Hoping to meet her again, I asked my parents to arrange a trip for me go to the US. They found the idea quite ridiculous as they felt that it was too expensive to go abroad. My spirits had been quite low once my parents turned down my wish to go and visit my friend.
But they say that whenever we wish for something hard enough it materializes. I believe that my prayers were answered when I got a call from Sujata to say that her parents had decided to visit India to meet her relatives and that she would be accompanying them. My happiness knew no limits when I got this news. I eagerly awaited the day of her arrival.
I went to receive her at the airport and that was the happiest night of my life. We hugged each other and had so much to share. We talked the whole night and till the day she left we were inseperable again. Meeting an old friend after days of seperation can be one of the most satisfying experiences of one’s life.
