Goodness Graces Me!

Stumps me!! How can people be so good without asking for anything in return!! It's people like these who you look up to for inspiration! Never one to complain, but always there to hear you whine about things inconsequential. Never putting their wishes first, but always catering to every whim of yours. The reservoirs of patience and all things good.No matter where you land yourself, they are always there to get you out of the mess.The "feel-good" people. Who let you be yourself and love it. Who make you realize how much you're worth by their constant reassurances!

The stuff that people like these are made of is intriguing. Makes you feel why others aren't like them, or for that matter, why you aren't like them. Makes you want to ask "Where have you been all these years?". 

Life does take a lot away from you, but it also gives you back in kind. When it gives you problems, it also gives you solutions. When it gives you hardships, it also gives you people like these to tide over them. When you think you can't take it anymore. When you think you've had it this far.They come to you like a blessing you so badly prayed for.

Good times are made in the company of these holier than thou lot. Bad times make you want to reach out to them for solace. People who have a calming effect on you. Who make you feel that all is still well with the world. A little more like these and we could call this place perfect!

All of us have it in us, we probably just aren't expressive enough. We do care, but other things take precedence. We do worry, but life has hardened us enough to feel that others are capable of taking care of themselves. We do feel gratitude when good things happen to us like a bolt from the blue, but we brush it off because there are still many things the heart desires.

A lot of things matter in life, a lot needs to be achieved. But imagine all the achievements in the world, all the accolades, all the brickbats without these pillars of strength. Friends, family, acquaintances. Everyone who saw you on the way up.  Everyone who made the going so much easier.Would it mean the same without them? People who calm you down when the nerves are frayed. Who celebrate your every win, no matter how small. Who make you feel that no matter how much you do for them, it would never be enough. It would just not measure up!

One thing that we can't afford to do is not acknowledge their presence in our lives. We can't assume that they'd just understand. They might. They might not even want you to say "Thank you". But one thing you'd rather not do is reminisce about it twenty years down the line and wish you'd thanked them enough for all that they did for you when the going wasn't good. For shaping the person that you are. For getting you where you are. The time, is now.