A fortunate stroke of serendipity pulled me out of the dark slumber of gloominess! The reason of gloomy and pessimist that I had turned into was typically the subject "marriage"! My age was becoming a concern for my parents, with 'unrelated' relatives/ uncles & aunts, poking directly or indirectly, with a most personal question at the center of gravity - "when are you getting married?" I or my parents don't seem to have an answer to that. Their desperation and my frustration made me push into a zone where marriage started appearing to be a societal obligation. The dreamer that I am, I was scared of being devoid of my dreams and ambitions. I somehow never got completely aligned with the process of typical arranged marriage, where you are asked to marry someone for life without knowing that you will be yourself or not..where you stop living and are only left to adjust...where you don't feel that connection...
I don't know if my feelings can be contained by a four letter word tagged as "love", but I am sharing this story of my life here, for you to believe in Serendipity..
It was late evening and I got a mail in my inbox on 31st December, 2014. This was from a matrimonial site, informing me that I have a got a friend request from Ankit. I viewed his profile and accepted it without having any deep thought. It had become quite customary for me to go through numerous profiles of prospective grooms and try to fit them or fit myself into their checklist. A not so effective and not so hopeful process. But I had no hint that New Year was bringing in new beginnings! It was a lazy afternoon and 2015 was only 3 days old, when my phone rang and I heard him for the first time. A short call with matrimonial focused approach got extended to dedicated two day long continuous Google hangout sessions. The concoction that brewed between us was aromatic enough to be not missed without drinking... Never had we felt like this ever before, an effortless connect, a lasting bond, appreciation of each other's dreams, flawless friendship..above all, a staunch desire knitted with strong hope to be together! We had never met, never seen each other in person, but we were fallen for each other! How old school of thought, you might shrug off..but it is serendipity! It can happen all of a sudden, just like one click.
There were multiple inter sectional thoughts..how can "too good to be perfect" things happen with me? How can I feel that insane urge of talking to someone whom I barely know and discovered his existence not more than 2 days? Why was that sudden adrenaline rush on seeing his messages/off liners? Why did I share the dreams and secrets that lay hidden in the deepest closet of my heart? Why did I take that leap of faith? I certainly don't seem to have an answer even today, but I hear the melodies of violin in the backdrop even while I write this, which made me stay afloat, which made me believe him, which gave me a belief of building our dreams together!!
With us, our families took a leap of faith, and we got engaged on 24th January this year with their blessings. As we complete one month of this journey that has just begun...I thought to share my story with you, because-
Under the fortunate stroke of Serendipity....good things do happen..!!
