Little things...

During college days while window-shopping at one of the famous gift stores of that time, a beautiful necklace with gold filigree studded in a combination of red and white semi-precious stones catches my eye. I like it at the very first glance and I like it even more after I try it on. As usual, the shopping spree inside wakes up to grab the smallest of the opportunities to make me go bankrupt. Thank goodness! All at the same time there is always this other self, contrary to the ‘spree’ and protects the self from the inevitable disasters. Yes, after a lengthy evaluation, the shopping spree finally accepts defeat and I leave the store saying to myself that ‘the neck that’s going to get it, is going to be the most beautiful and the lucky one’

A couple months later, my friends at the hostel decide to arrange a secret birthday party. After giving me the creamy facial for the night, they hand me a gift pack. The surprise, which in itself is a gift, comes topped with another gift. Woow! The gift-wrap slowly unfolds in my hands only to double up the excitement. Now this is a BIG surprise, guess what?? What's in the box is that necklace I liked at the store! I see it smile at me as if it were happy too about being part of the surprise. Not sure how long it was sitting in that cute little box, counting for the day to it’s liberation only to hug this 'beautiful and lucky neck of mine' This little incident of a double surprise, in deed left an everlasting memory.

When life seems to be dull and colorless with depressing problems that bring the spirits down, the soul undermines the happiness brought by small things. And this is one of those little things in my life, the thought of which brings a smile and yes like someone said, our memories aren’t big things; they are a million little things”.