A Smile Can Hide a Thousand Tears.

She was walked in so gracefully, wearing a baby pink colour sari which was draped perfectly. A pearl string around her neck and big solitaires in her ears. Flawless skin and a slight smile on her face , I saw her walking towards us on her way to the front row seats. “OMG, I wish I had a life like hers ” said my friend enviously. She has a seven series Mercedes.( I don’t have a clue regarding cars). It was some award function and The Lady in Pink, being the chief guest was doing the honours.”Did you get the subtle smell of her perfume?? I heard her solitaire are worth 30 lakhs or more!!” I looked at my friend as if she had lost it mentally- how do you keep track of someone’s jewellery??

• I generally become very irritated with people who compare themselves with others. To be honest I used to do it ,when I came to Kerala. But I have realised, that  whatever happens- it’s for some reason- we might not understand the reason right now. But maybe some years down the lane I will. Not easy to do so, but helps me keep my peace of mind. And I keep hoping that  someday I will understand why something happened in my life which was not according to what I had hoped for. 

After the function the chief guest left but we stuck around to have tea and snacks. One acquaintance came and asked me if I knew the chief guest. On my negative reply she said,” she is such a brave lady, “6 months ago she lost her husband to cancer, he really suffered and no medication was helpful. And to add to her pain she lost her only child (son) in a freak motorcycle accident. It was night time and he didn’t see the barricades put up by the police for checking. He went flying in the air and fell on his neck – he was paralyzed neck downwards but later he developed some infection and died 2 weeks later”. I was stunned into silence. She has enormous amount of money but that couldn’t save her husband or her son.

“But how come she was smiling and behaving totally normally??”, I asked. “She says that she can share joy if any but not tears that make other feel bad. She  didn’t want to burden anyone with her woes”.

I was speechless. I asked my friend- “still want a life like hers ???” 

How easy it is to compare your self with others but we don’t really know what they are going through. I too am guilty of doing the same but now I try to stop myself when I see my thoughts going that way. 

Afterall, I am a work in progress.😊😊