Tribute to my friends
  
 
  Nearly after forty three years of my existence, and about forty years of recognizable consciousness, I take pride to look back into my life and the moments that I have spent with so many people who have today made my life so beautiful.

There were so many people who came into my life, some of whom have left me to only become better individuals. There were others who just came into my life to become my friends. There is one thing that can never be denied on this day: “Each one has made a difference to my life…some knowingly and some unknowingly. Some times I haven’t met them, or seen them, or heard them, but somehow their lives touched mine and things were never be the same again. Each one have left an impression on my heart, which I shall carry through all my life...”

In as many years as my memory takes me, I have come across people of so many kinds. Some of them being introverts and hidden, while others being extremely outspoken and overly frank. I wonder how many people would be blessed to have people as friends from so many religions as I do. Each one lives his life in the way he feels most comfortable with.

With all these people that I have met, I realized that the ones that I admired the most were the ones who searched the most in life. There are people who are contended in all that they have, there are those who are never. The ones who are contented, needs no more. Always happy with the way this World functions, have no regrets and no complains. They truly realized the flaws in their existing environment but do nothing to solve it. They are contented with them and learn to live with them.

The second categories of people are the ones who are not contended with all that they have. They strive hard to get more. They often realize that they are short of time. Time had been their biggest enemy. All that they learn is to struggle.

The final category of people is the ones that I dearly associate myself a lot with. The ones who feel that “Every tear comes only to wash your eyes for a clearer vision”. They show lots of grit and determination to come out of every small battle that they face. They don’t necessarily compete with others but rather they always compete with themselves. They set targets to beat their previous best. Sometimes they do get them, but at times they fail. Nevertheless they don’t give up the fight just because they lost one.

It’s fair enough to say that I have met my share of people. It’s a honor to have met them. There shall be times that I shall fall, there will be times that I shall rise…but whatever may be the situation, I dearly hope that these people stay with me at all times to lend a helping hand to get up as always. I salute each one of you…. peace and love Barbara

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