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Dream come true

I gave up all hope. I knew all was lost. A shift in the wind, a gentle caress of the breeze, felt magikal. But yet I had given up. I lost all hope of finding love again. A romantic movie, a couple walking on the road; all this looked like a distant dream. A dream that I had, and  lost. A dream I thought I will never find. 

 An evening came by on a cool January day. I was exhausted and just wanted to go home from work and sleep. Just then I get a call from my mother saying that she wanted me to meet someone. I thought, oh one more person to the long list of 'potentials'. You see, after I had given up on love, my parents wanted to prove to me that love can happen again. And I saw this glimmer of hope evaporate into thin air, each time I met a 'prospect'. I mean, how many people find real love by meeting random people from some site?

 Apparently it does happen. And that's how it happened. A total stranger walked into my life that evening. I wanted to get this over with. Too tired to converse, I plastered a smile on my face. But soon that fake smile became real. I laughed, I fought, I argued, and I began to feel a stirring in my heart. I dismissed the thought as one of those passing moments when everything felt like a possibility. 

 I sat there in the coffee shop, glad that the person I met also loves coffee as much as I do. It was an easy conversation that lasted a few hours. It was the longest conversation with a so called 'prospect'. But then I let it be, I went with the flow.

 The next day, I got up feeling negative about the whole thing. This was one of my defense mechanism that told me to shun away anyone who could remotely be interested in me. Why? Well, I am 30 yrs old and I have a comfortable life, my own friends circle I was very comfortable with and I didn't want my world turned upside down!

 I almost forgot about the meeting till I get a call from him. He likes me! Well my mom will be relieved, was the first thought that went into my head. But wait. Was I ready for this? My system started panicking. Did I really want to be with someone? Let someone in? Into a life that I was so comfortable with? Well someone once said that life starts when you move out of your comfort zone. Did I want to move out of my comfort zone? I had no idea.

 So I started with the scare-him-off-till-he-runs-a-mile theory. I called him up and told him why he shouldn't be with me. How Xcentric I am, and how life with me would be difficult. But I guess when a man makes up his mind, there is little that can perturb him. I played all my cards and I was left with nothing. Then I started listening. And I realized that this man was here for me.

 I have been searching for him all my life, and he was finally here. A man who understood me, understood my eccentricities. A man who would stand by me, through my ups and downs. A man who will love me no matter what or who I was, or will be. A man who would be my strength and my support. My heart began to feel again. It started with a lot of excitement. My heart beat a little faster. Could it be? A dream that I thought I lost was right here in front of me, offering me his hand to hold?

 The feelings began to grow in me. A little by little. Taking over my world, making it his.And then this world began to change as well, it turned into our world. And today I know, love can happen, not once, but more than that. Love never stops happening. If you open your heart, it will pour in.

 Love is there in every corner, waiting to seep through your veins and into your heart. Dreams do come true. I believed in mine, do you believe in yours? 

 by, Teja Priyadarshini

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