I am Home. At last! :-)

We all come across those times when we miss something but do not quite know what it is that we are missing! We search, look around, but feel so helpless at not being able to figure out what it is that we are looking for.

Many a times, I had caught myself deeply engaged in this search. I used to find myself looking at everything searchingly… searching with all my heart and soul. A sense of nostalgia mixed with a painful longing always seemed to linger.

Most of the times, I engaged myself in something or the other (jobs, friends, intellectual pursuits, travel) to shove away this feeling, while at other times I chose to quietly burn through those moments.

After a lot of frustrated attempts at searching, and after having almost given up, one day something totally unexpected happened! I still don't know what happened and how it happened! ;-)

It was March 2009. I was at a special kind of class in Kolkata ~ The Art of Living Part 1 program.

I had just sauntered into the class, without a clue as to what it is, with just some vague idea that it would lead me to something. Well, a couple of days into the program, and magic started to happen!

A beautiful feeling started to envelop my entire being and there was a gradual recognition of having finally FOUND IT!! My heart started to smile and expereince a never-felt-before rest and contentment.

A smiling face with large twinkling eyes had started to slowly but surely captivate my heart. Wherever I went, whatever I did, the face started to haunt, beckon, tease and redeem!

Smiling, singing, dancing, You just breezed into my life, woke me up from my slumber and threw fists of vibrant, joyous colors! Stunned, it took me sometime before I too joined in the play!! I didn’t know who You were, where You came from and what You wanted, I just knew this beautiful recognition in my heart. It was unmistakable!

And one day, Your loving eyes caught mine.

I was breathless. It was just You and me.

You smiled beautifully, and raised Your eyebrows.

There was no need for words.

Your sparkling eyes, relieved and glad to see me, just as mine were, whispered to my heart, "Welcome Home." :-)