WHAT IF

“What if” is always an interesting thought that pops in our head occasionally. Either a free mind or a mind filled with emotions create such scenarios.

Most of the times, these questions are on a lighter note like trick questions by my wife to check my reactions. Since I am a good husband and a bad liar, I end up screwing with the answers. Sometimes, these questions arise during low moments in our present life where we think we could have taken some other decisions when we had a choice or when things were in our hand. Well, there is no easy answer — learn and grow. And if this is happening frequently, we need to make some serious changes in the present life that we are leading. PERIOD.But then there are times, these questions are just to the Universe because of adversaries like death since it is not in our hands. In our case, I am going to talk about parents. Their selfless and unconditional love knows no boundaries no matter how big their kids grow. They are the safety net and an extra pair of cushions in your lives and any other relationship might not have the intent and the energy to provide that warmth.

We are grateful that our mother is around us with her affection and yes love of more parents could have been merrier. Losing a parent at an early age is troublesome. We lost our father during my college days before I even started earning and I was not fortunate enough to meet my wife’s parents as well since they had also gone quite early. “What if they all were alive?” I bet things would have been different. I made peace with the fact that I would be devoid of any parental affection and unconditional love even from my wife’s end in the very beginning when I decided to message her for the first time about four years back.

So dear wife,

Any other unwise relationship is a mere give and take with no expectations whatsoever which you have known through your experiences. It is not comforting to say but the acceptance just makes the journey less painful and that is going to be my advice to you whenever you create any hypothetical situations for yourself. These thoughts are not going to help. We can only do justice by remembering them in good moments and maybe relive some occasionally. I know I have made your life less miserable and I continue to do so. Even though I have less tendency to be vocal and say reassuring words, I want this article to be a constant reminder whenever you feel low in future and hopefully that will end too. Cheer up, LIFE GOES ON.

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