It’s About Loving Yourself - II

While Natasha was taking rest we took this opportunity to get to know each other. To our surprise, we had a lot of common interest and no wonder we clicked like anything. It seemed we were old friends catching up with each other after a long time. After catching up with general information Priya made a serious revelation about herself, how she wished she was more like Natasha.

I was looking at her, searching for the words, but just couldn’t. Priya understanding the situation continued “ I know, it must be hard for you to believe in it, but Yes, we can’t deny her energy was contagious, how she loved for what she was. It has been rightly said “People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude” This is something very rarely seen in teenager’s nowadays and I feel very fortunate to meet Natasha today.

Did you know when people start to love themselves for what they are Life becomes much more amazing and this act as a catalyst in every sphere of life be it a relationship, family, work etc? When we love ourselves here’s the deal we love the whole package our little abnormality, the embarrassments, the things we may not do so well, our failures, our success and all the wonderful qualities, too.

Unfortunately, we chain down our happiness by putting conditions on loving ourselves – lose weight, gain weight, get rid of wrinkles, tanning etc and you know we all get hit by this squall without realising it.

You know the best part of Loving Yourself is truly your own choice; it’s the most powerful healing force one can opt for.

You don’t need the stamp from other’s that You are special; you just need your stamp.

 I was still trying to figure out how come Priya is going all gaga about Natasha and what is she babbling about “Loving yourself for what you are” Priya told me how she met Natasha while waiting at the boarding gate.

Natasha saw me sitting alone in the bench, I was in a thwarted mood when she walked up to me to asked “ Hey, I am sorry but I noticed you seemed to sit alone, would you mind If I can give you some company”

Natasha tried to introduce herself, but I was too supercilious to even respond to it. There was a storm of emotions (anger, frustration, failure,) going in me at that time and Natasha meddling with me was just adding to it.

I shouted at her “Leave me alone, there is a lot of space elsewhere, you can go and sit”

After 10 minutes again she was in front of me with a glass of water and a smile on her face. I was almost in tears when she hugged me.

I asked her “How do you manage to be so sweet and lovable, even when I was so impolite to her”

Well, the mantra is simple “Love yourself for what you are”.

She smiled at me and told me how she was the founder of the “Happy Club” in her school and this is her group mantra which has got deeply imbibed in her.

Natasha said” I am sorry but I overheard you speaking ill about yourself, how you failed at work, you complain about your complexion, that you are over-weight etc and to make it worse your friends, your family no one seems to love you. You just don’t know how to love yourself, yet expect others to love yourself? Where is your self-approval stamp? When was the last time you appreciated yourself for anything, or feel blessed to have a wonderful life.

There is a poster in our “Happy Club” which states “Don’t be too hard on yourself. There are plenty of people willing to do that for you. Love yourself and be proud of everything that you do. Even mistakes mean you are trying up instead of giving up. Happiness is when you feel good about yourself without feeling the need for anyone else’s approval

Before I could even say thanks to Natasha for the pep talk, one of her groupmates called her for the group pic, she smiled at me. As she was walked by I realised she was limping, she had one artificial leg.

Priya and I both have tears in our eyes, our angel “Natasha” was awake now. Even before she could utter anything we both hugged her. Natasha smiled at both of us and said” Pushpa, I mean Friends I hate tears!!!!

Natasha thanked both of us to take care of her, however, it was difficult to figure who was more thankful Natasha or Priya.

Priya apologised to Natasha for being rude even when in the flight when she introduced herself. Till the time she could get settled with her feelings and thanks to her for the pep talk, Natasha got sick at the time of flight take off. 

Though the journey ended, yet it was one of the most memorable journeys for me so far.