My Best Friend Part II

Hi all,

I am back. I am starting it from the very point I had left it in my last post. I was introduced to this cute little black teddy by my poet friend. The liking was instant as there was an uncanny and unsaid bonding between us immediately. I fondly call her Teddy because she is round and dark complexioned but her lap is a like a soft cushion sofa if you ever decide to have an undisturbed sleep.

Our friendship was an instant hit due to several reasons, some of which are as follows:

1.) We were in the same school though not in the same class, but our classrooms were in the same floor. So we got to see each other very often.

2.) We lived in the same neighborhood just about 5 mins apart from each other.

3.) We had the same common friends.

Last but not the least and the most important of all,

4.) Both of us had no siblings. Both of us were only children and so lonely.

There are a couple of things that I would like to share with my readers today. A couple of my readers may be only children who may agree or disagree with my point. But as I told in the beginning, this is my idea and it may differ from others' viewpoints.

I am an only child of my parents. I was brought up very liberally by my parents. They are very friendly and loving parents who never made me feel alone, but still there was always an emptiness within me which never got filled up. Though I grew up with my cousins for a long time, they also could never fill up that gap inside me. There is a lot of concocted ideas that people generally have about only children. I am not going to clear all that now but I will definitely pen down my ideas on that subject later.

So, picking up the story from where I left, there were a lot of similarities between us. She also felt a similar emptiness within her. But do u know what attracted us to each other? Our contrasting outlook towards LIFE. Our approach towards Life were radically different. I had a very positive and constructive approach towards Life. I have always tried to be practical in all the situations and tackle them with courage. That is a lesson I learnt early on from my parents.

But her approach was entirely different. She had draped a huge canopy of loneliness around her which would wrap you into its furls if you were not cautious enough. That is what happened with me. In the beginning, there was this emotional wall separating both of us but slowly with a lot of patience and large doses of love, the wall began to collapse and I got a glimpse of the real person hiding within her. I saw a very lonely person longing for companionship and love. Nobody could understand that feeling better because I was experiencing the same.

Do u think only children are moody? If you think yes, I should tell you - You are mistaken. They are not moody. They are too lonely and sometimes unable to express the deepest of their feelings because they are too scared to share their innermost feelings with everyone.

It was at this juncture that we both met and became close to each other. So close that people would tease that we are inseparable. As I got to know her better, I also realized that deep down she was very insecure and lost and desperately in need of an anchor in Life. Could I become her anchor and the best friend she was looking for? To know more, keep reading.......

( To be contd............)