Soulmate

She was 62 years old and was suffering from age-related diseases. She was also suffering from empty nest syndrome. In her time computers did not exist, but just to utilize her time she thought of giving it a try. In a few days, she opened her Facebook account. At first, it was just like magic to her. With a click of a key, she could search her friends. This made her very curious.

One day she started searching for her friends but she couldn't find any of them. There was a very good looking boy in her school. She never talked to him. Just for the sake of searching, she typed his name and to her astonishment, he was available though it was difficult to recognize his profile picture as forty-five years had passed by.

She sent him a short message and thought that he wouldn't reply but he replied that he couldn't recognize her but he remembered his school and some of his schoolmates. There was a formal interaction and then he sent her some saying by some author. People generally keep forwarding quotes etc to one another. She started waiting to read those quotes every day. Gradually they started discussing about life and its cruelities in general. She could feel they were on the same wave length.

Both of them were in their early sixties, happily married and had grown-up children, who were also married and well settled. It was not a matter of establishing any relationship, it was just that their thoughts started to gel. In the olden days, people used to make penfriends, this was a similar sort of relationship.

Both of them evolved in this distant relationship. She was fond of reading and he suggested some very good books. After reading, she used to discuss some finer points with him. She was a pessimist by nature but gradually she found that her perception towards life was changing. She stopped judging people and stopped expecting.

One day she found that he had a melodious voice and he sang. She kept encouraging him to practice and participate in some musical concerts. Gradually he started becoming a known singer of some musical groups.

Many times she thought if such involvement was justified at the last stage of life. It was a platonic and a very pious and intellectual kind of relationship.

Many times we are looking or searching for a soulmate who is not expecting anything from a relationship. One whose love is unconditional. One who is God sent just to change your perception of your life. At times the fear of inevitable death engulfed them. They never met personally but they shared a lot of thoughts regarding each and every aspect of their life. At times even fifty years of being with a person cannot create such kind of wavelength. Is it not something great that somebody goes out of the way to understand you and your thoughts. It has been rightly said that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.