Its only Words

There are a few people who are very good with words. I feel blessed to be lucky enough to know at least a couple of them personally. Talking to them comes very easily, the flow of words stopping only when there is a genuine reason. All I need to say is "Hey" and the rest goes off smoothly from there.

I am the kind of person who likes personal interaction more than telephonic conversations. Why? Well, for one, you cannot see the other person's expressions when you are on the phone. You never know if the "so nice to talk to you" is genuine or they are just rolling their eyes in reality. Also, if you don't learn from your mistakes, you are not fit to be called a human! Ok, what that meant was that some people are great "voice modulators" and I have been foolish enough in the past to have believed what I heard and pay the price for the same.

So nowadays the only people I have lengthy conversations with, over the phone, are those that I completely trust. I can sometimes even imagine the kind of smile, frown or mischief on their faces upon my remarks or comments. That's the kind of 'connection' I enjoy(too much dialogue-baazi hunh).

Anyway, I was talking to this one friend last evening. I wasn't in the best of my moods but I never allow my moods to control me or my behaviour. Just because something is going wrong in my life doesn't mean I should let if affect others. And so I picked up the call. I give myself more credit than is due as it turns out that I couldn't mask the dullness in my greeting. Luckily, pretending also comes easily(even if a bit too late) to me. So blamed it on sleepiness and boredom.

As I mentioned earlier, he is one of those few who are so good with words. The topic discussed was something serious as it affects not only mine but a few other people's plans but once that was out of the way, it was a joy to listen to him speak. I am not a sucker for compliments and honestly, I don't like someone complimenting me on my face. According to me, compliments are best served behind the back and criticisms up front(the only exception being when it is related to the physical appearance on a special day :D).

But this conversation was different. In between the silly leg pulling games that we always play, a few compliments were inserted. I didn't even realise it, such was the grace with which they were 'executed'! It did lift my spirits. What also lifted my spirits was the return of one of my friends/colleagues from her leave and the fact that she did so well in her GMAT exam. I didn't know I was getting so used to these "regular" people in my life. Its not a good thing for me. I know for sure, that one of these days, things will change and again I will be amongst some relative strangers, trying to find my footing, starting from scratch all over again.

Until then, let me just enjoy these days.