Birds of the same feather!!

"Do you have any curfew? I would like to go out, wanted to know whether you are free to accompany me. " Asks a 37yr old divorcee staying with her mom in Kerala to a 35yr old separated female staying with her mom in Kerala at 5.30 in the evening.

She : There is no curfew as such. But if I do not reach home by 6.30pm, mom will start nagging. 

Me : Yeah! I have a similar one at home. That was the reason why I asked whether you have to be home by a speculated time. 

We exchange an exasperated silence & then we laughed at the irony of things. 

As the clocked ticked... We ended up saying this to each other... 

Me : Can you step inside the house so that mom knows that I am out with a girl. 

She : Can we take a picture for me to show mom that I was indeed out with a girl. 

Aaha! 

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Echo

Me {going wild with my 'plans'}: Alone is fine. But then I want to climb a hill. I am not sure whether I am capable of doing that all by myself. Will a trek alone be safe? I have watched too many Hollywood movies to do that alone.
He : So what? You can go visit the hill.
Me {.... continuing, unaware of his comment}: And after reaching the top, I want to scream my lungs out.
He : You can scream from the foothills
Me {with puppy eyes}: But then I won't get The Echo
He {with his SriKrishna smile}: You are capable of introducing echo in a text chat, foot of the hill is piece of cake for you.

This conversation happened over WhatsApp. I am pretty sure him mom went to the temple earlier this month and prayed for his well being. There is no other explanation as to why he was out of my reach when this conversation took place. But..... I am sure of one thing.... One day... The universe will surely give me chance to make him pay for this!!!

Revenge..... is best served Cold (with echo!!!!)
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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Life's Problems!!

Kiddo {after a tiring day, read each line after a pause}: I want to watch the movie. I also want to sleep. I also want to hug & sleep with you.
Me {as always..... in ignore mode}
Kiddo {after a deep sigh & resignation}: Problems in my life!

I have no idea how I controlled myself from bursting out loud laughing!!!








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Salvation

She : What does your husband do?
Me {totally bored of this routine}: I am divorced
She {after a pause}: You should come with me. I will take you to my church.
Me {phrasing thank you, but no thank you in my mind}: :-)
She {sensing a reluctance in me}: Jesus will help me with your salvation. He is our savior. He will help you rid off your sin. He is your only savior.
Me {finally propping my halo correctly over my horns}:  Oooh! Thats very sweet. You have found your Jesus. I have found mine too. He is named Vishnu.

Did any one say religion is of no use????

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Elites????

Scene N
A : Does your family have caste issue?
Me : Whaaaat?
A {Rephrasing as I didn't understand it the first time :-P} : Is caste going to be a problem?
A {Continuing after a brief pause}: No... Just checking. Many of the upper caste I know are not comfortable, especially when there are elders at home.

If only A  knew where I belong!!!!

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How did you?

She {wide eyed & excited}: Wow! Kiddo got into Isha Home School?
Me {enjoying that sparkle in her eyes}: You are the first person outside the yoga community to know Isha. You have no idea how relieved I am.
She {her excitement rising a note higher}: How did you get through?
Me {now confused with that question}: Err.... I applied, she cleared the assessment, she is now in.
She {continuing with her excitement}: That is a great school. There are people I know who have been trying & couldn't get through. Isn't it very difficult to get through? How did you manage to get it done?
{And it went on for some more time..... }

Her excitement made me realize... There is a plan. The other day, I was complaining, when will things start falling into my lap. At this moment, I was rather thankful for the so-called challenges I had to tackle while I was pursuing this for Kiddo. I can now see how insignificant they were. That was my Karma. But... The universe does have a plan for her......... Prayers.

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Karma Yoga!!

"Everyone in life serves a purpose..."

I finally found the reason why Kiddo is in my life...... To teach me Karma Yoga!!!!

Thanks to the patriarchal attitude of the society, it was drilled into me that Kiddo is never mine. I am merely the caretaker. I admit here that... This concept was bitter to me until I finally connected all the dots. Now I see it as.... The patriarchal attitude help me severe any attachment I had towards Kiddo. {Check}

Thanks to the growing teen in Kiddo, now I have reached a stage where I am doing things because I have to do it. You have no idea how much of self control is required for that. You feel like strangling yourself for bringing this upon you, but... you cannot do that. Nor can you strangle the child. So... Go on with your Karma... Do what is required. {Hey... that is another check mark!}

Now all that remains is... To not get affected by the outcome. Smile at the chaos & carry on with my personal journey.
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Aaaah!

Well.... I am not as far as I used to be... It is just a matter of time dear... matter of time...
Yes! Was trying to make sense out of the third chapter of Bhagavat-Gita
O:-)

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