I felt different this time. It seemed as if an entire revolution has occurred in my mind, opening the door to a fresh perspective. I was joyous, but not by looking at myself in the mirror in my
new dress but by developing a new skill and nurturing it through my unselfish behaviour.
I heard people complementing about my face being photogenic. I love to click selfies of myself, trying to give weird as well sweet expressions. When I was small I had the habit of posing like God Krishna, imagining myself playing a melodious tune with my flute. It was like an inborn tendency!
I grew up and joined the crowd in the era of social networking. "I got 37 comments for my pic!" or "my crush liked my status!" were the utterances that my ears grew accustomed to. I started enjoying posting pics on Facebook. My relatives and friends liked them as well. Being on Facebook during the age of 13 or 14 for me was like a feather on my cap!
I watered the habit of clicking selfies during the time of occasions, which blossomed like a flowering plant. Once as usual I was clicking selfies during the time of a relative's wedding. My parents got ready by then and told me to click their pictures. I got a bit frustrated. I started clicking their pictures half-heartedly. I gave more importance to my own selfies, neglecting the joy of taking my own parent's pictures.
After two years I entered college and got many beauty spots on my face. Well that was mockingly put down by me. It is synonymous to 'acne.' I felt that I am not pretty anymore! I stopped clicking selfies of myself. Because it disgusted me.
Slowly and gradually I came out of the 'acne caused sadness.' Thanks to my parents who filled my soul with optimistic thoughts. Change is inevitable and applying this fact to the problem of acne implies that it's going to vanish soon!
Diwali vacations followed after the hectic exam schedule and I read 'the last song' written by Nicholas Sparks. This book taught me so much. It is next to impossible to describe my feelings for the book here. But I would like to highlight on one of the amazing thought of the book: 'the unconditional love.'
Every teenager I feel would like to have a partner who showers unconditional love. But when you start dreaming about this, has a thought ever struck you that the love which you are craving for is present with you right now? It is. Your parents!
I have realised that sometimes we youngsters get so much engrossed with our dreams and friends that unknowingly we neglect out own parents. But they don't do so. They smile when we do and they rush to help even when a small frown appear on our foreheads.
This Diwali I had made my way out of the negligence. I didn't care about the acne on my face. I didn't care about taking selfies on my phone. I just looked at my parents' happy faces and thought of the ways of how I could sustain those smiles. I clicked many pictures of my parents and after every click I didn't even ask them to click mine in return. It was my mom who told me later that she would click mine. I enjoyed clicking pics and it dawned on me that I do have the skill to click good pictures. I clicked pics of my temple and told my mom to give various poses. I felt contended. I felt happy.
The phone is the same one, the app is the same for clicking pictures and the quality is as mesmerising as ever! Just the eyes that were searching for perfection in every click reflected a new vision. The vision of unconditional love and though this example forms a small part in its entire beautiful concept, it sure would pave the path for the love to blossom in future!
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