A Random Morning

Today, when I was traveling in the auto to my office, there was this young little passenger with me. She might be 10 years old or maybe younger or even older than that (I'm bad with guessing the age). So, I have this habit of taking the companionship of music while I'm traveling. While it brings me peace, I'm a bit guilty of this. The reason for this is that I miss out on living in the real world. It's like I create my own little world for myself, which, I'm not going to lie, I do enjoy being in. But sometimes, to be honest, most of the time I get disappointed in myself for not finding fiction in real life. It's like I form an opinion on people before getting to know them and then feel disappointed in myself when they are not actually what I thought them to be. So, coming to my journey to the office today, as usual, I had my earphones plucked into my ears, and I was reading this book called Unopened Letter. Suddenly, there was a stop to the auto, making me wonder why. I looked up, and that's when I saw her. She was wearing her school uniform and her bag and had no shoes on. Her brown hair was in two pigtails, looking as innocent as one could be. Her father stood beside her. She then got into the auto, and with her cute little voice, she said, "Uncle, stop the auto at *her school name*." I could hear her through my earphones. I don't know the exact reason, but it really made my whole day. The whole journey I kept thinking about her and made up a whole story on her completing her school, achieving her dream, and it really made me feel so happy. I don't know whether it is a bit weird or not, but I saw myself in her. Me of that age going to school. This made me realize how different I was from my childhood. Those times, when there was no anxiety or fear of the future. No expectations or responsibilities. Life was so easy back then. But this incident also made me realize one more thing, instead of looking for big magic to happen in life to find my happiness or making up things in my delusional world that I should start looking for small magics like these.

Niharika.