Early this morning my dear friend called me, saying, her class got cancelled and that she and I can go out for a hang out. I nodded in agreement, excitedly, looking forward to the outing. She rung the bell around twelve and I came out of my home happily to receive her. Then she would press the lift button and we began discussing over which place would be ideal for relaxing in this unbearable heat.
Our cab arrived in time and with that I began to click selfies, some with myself and others with her and simultaneously posted on my whatsapp story.
She was enjoying her time looking outside the window.I caught her gaze and asked why she wasn't interested in clicking pics with me and she wouldn't answer anything, barely smiling at me and then looking outside again. As we sit down at the table, after few minutes, I indulge in clicking photos of the cold coffee being served, the ambience around us and then again with my friend. She wouldn't say no to me but also not smile during the time I clicked pictures of us. It was as if I was forcing her to be a part of my selfies and pics and everything.
Finally, I kept my phone aside as I sipped the cold coffee while the snacks was being served on the table. She smiled this time and asked me if I would ever remember this outing with her.
I gasped for a while. What did she refer this to? Then as if though realization dawned on me and I look at my phone silently buzzing with messages. Then again I looked at her with confusion.
She said that, if for an hour, I switch off or keep my phone silent and let it stay in my purse, I can capture all these beautiful moments with her and the world through my eyes. That was something that hit me like a bolt of lightning! She was right!
I can't capture the wonderful conversations we would have, I can't capture the splendid taste of cold coffee, I can't capture the relief of coming outside from the exhausting heat of summer and then relaxing in the a.c, I can't capture the ambience of the place alive with stimulating atmosphere.
I couldn't capture so many things! And the more I looked around, I realized that I was only focusing on updating people where I was and not living in the present where I was.
When I finally gulped down the reality, she stared at me, not with scrutiny but with a calmness and then began laughing. I admitted to her for being carried away with too much clicks. Then she said that she wasn't trying to make me feel guilty or something but it was her observation which she couldn't neglect.
This time I smiled, looked at the snack lying on the table and started asking questions that made me feel relieved. A mind blowing conversation had started within few seconds.
Our cab arrived in time and with that I began to click selfies, some with myself and others with her and simultaneously posted on my whatsapp story.
She was enjoying her time looking outside the window.I caught her gaze and asked why she wasn't interested in clicking pics with me and she wouldn't answer anything, barely smiling at me and then looking outside again. As we sit down at the table, after few minutes, I indulge in clicking photos of the cold coffee being served, the ambience around us and then again with my friend. She wouldn't say no to me but also not smile during the time I clicked pictures of us. It was as if I was forcing her to be a part of my selfies and pics and everything.
Finally, I kept my phone aside as I sipped the cold coffee while the snacks was being served on the table. She smiled this time and asked me if I would ever remember this outing with her.
I gasped for a while. What did she refer this to? Then as if though realization dawned on me and I look at my phone silently buzzing with messages. Then again I looked at her with confusion.
She said that, if for an hour, I switch off or keep my phone silent and let it stay in my purse, I can capture all these beautiful moments with her and the world through my eyes. That was something that hit me like a bolt of lightning! She was right!
I can't capture the wonderful conversations we would have, I can't capture the splendid taste of cold coffee, I can't capture the relief of coming outside from the exhausting heat of summer and then relaxing in the a.c, I can't capture the ambience of the place alive with stimulating atmosphere.
I couldn't capture so many things! And the more I looked around, I realized that I was only focusing on updating people where I was and not living in the present where I was.
When I finally gulped down the reality, she stared at me, not with scrutiny but with a calmness and then began laughing. I admitted to her for being carried away with too much clicks. Then she said that she wasn't trying to make me feel guilty or something but it was her observation which she couldn't neglect.
This time I smiled, looked at the snack lying on the table and started asking questions that made me feel relieved. A mind blowing conversation had started within few seconds.
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