Today, I heard the oddest New Year’s resolutions being reeled off over a glass of cutting chai.
One friend wants to reduce the number of friends he has. Some of them are like excess baggage, dead wood, autumn leaves. They have nothing to say to our friend and vice versa except Happy Birthday and Happy New Year. Small talk is killing, so he plans to separate the wheat form the chaff. Downsize. Have a network of friends that really mean a lot to him and vice versa.
He also plans to find love, the true, eternal kind. There was such simple, determination in the statement, it made me smile, and give him credit for such hope. I suppose I have it too, but these days my attitude towards love has changed so drastically, that there is nothing black and white about it. It’s not even grey, but a range of lovely colours, prime and otherwise.
The other participant in this wishful conversation says he wants to build up a sturdy, wide social network in Mumbai. People to party with, hang with, exchange one’s deepest, darkest wants and desires with, attend music concerts with, discuss books and more. And of course people who accept you for you.
He also wants a part-time lover.
I realise, that these two individuals are diagrammatically opposite in personalities and preferences. New Year resolutions reflect a lot!
As for yours truly, she wants to focus on improving what we call the Emotional Quotient.
Read: quit shouting/ticking off people in an intrusive manner; maintain a congenial disposition, and all of that. Also, become a healthy person, physically, spiritually and emotionally. If one has these things sorted, everything else falls into place.
written with alot of passion
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