When I got out of college I got a good job with a leading big
company with a nice fat package . My job kept me very busy and in no time I had
become a high flying executive. As I grew in my new life I found a new set of work
friends and colleagues. This was a new world for me full of excitement and
achievements. However slowly but surely my old life and friends were being left
behind. Actually the higher that I was
getting in life the lonelier I was getting. Each pay hike or promotion was just
an achievement like the numerous trophies that I had earned and were lying on
the shelves with no one to share the joy with. Then one day I discovered that
the company I had been working for had been taken over by a bigger company and as
the management changed so did the policies. I found myself to be out of favor
with the new management as they found little use for a person with my skill set.
In this newer working environment I was even more lonelier. I did not see a
future in the current organization. I had grown lonely and reclusive as there
was no one with whom I could share my feelings and do a heart to heart talk.
Then the day came which I dreaded the most I was given the pink slip. Having
being retrenched from work was like adding insult to injury. Suddenly all that
I had earned in all these years had been lost. Overnight I had been reduced
from a high flying first or business class executive to one who would travel in
economy or better still train as the industry that I had been working for was
experiencing a serious down trend. Jobs were scarce and executives were taking
a pay cut. Then who would give a person like me who had been fired, a new job. I
found my world come crashing down around me. I felt there was no place for me
in this corporate world and for a change decided to go back home for a few
days. When I reached the railway station to board the train I was a distant
shadow of my earlier more successful and flamboyant self . My train was late
and as I waited in the waiting room my thoughts drifted to all the mishappenings that had happened in my life. Then suddenly the chain of my thoughts
were broken by a voice who was calling out my name. I snapped out of my
thoughts to find myself face to face with
my best friend from school days. We had been best friends for many years but
ever since I had got my first job we had drifted away. Though he had tried to
get in touch with me a couple of times I had avoided replying to his emails or
the birthday cards that he had been sending to me with uninterrupted
regularity. Despite all the time that had passed and all my indifferent behavior he gave me a tight hug. A hug that seemed to last a life time and
that moment of togetherness was very special. The warmth of that hug and the
conversation that followed sapped all the negativity, strain and stress that
had been bottling up inside me. I poured my heart out to him and he gave me a patient
hearing, after all we were two long lost friends who were meeting after a long
time and had so much of catching up to do. That chance meeting brought a sea change in me
. In the time that I was #together
with my friend were very special
moments.The togetherness with my best friend had taught me the value of
relations and togetherness. A lesson that I would cherish for the rest of my
life.
#together
#together
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