‘He got his divorce papers signed
and now, he is finally free’….
‘Earlier, he had an alliance with
someone, but she left him; now he wants to align somewhere else ’….
‘If she can’t comply with him,
why should he’…..
‘He wants to quit now, because he finds monotony
in his so called relationship’…
‘She married him because he was a millionaire’….
‘Because, now she finds him to be a complete bore, she broke up from him last month’…..
‘He left her; nevertheless, she
has many options available’...
Then surely, these ‘hes’
and ‘shes’ didn’t discover the
essence of ‘Relationship’.
With a
click on social networking sites one changes his identity; within a go one
signs some printed manuals and puts an end to a prolonged association; just
because someone can gratify his needs and wants, he/she is willing to
associate; without giving even a second thought one hews the union apart. Relationship
is being made ‘Compliance’. Relationship is being formulated and broken
according to one’s own convenience. In short, ‘Relationship’ is being made numb.
We have curtailed its essence to our satisfaction and fragmented it into mere
desires. We have made our unions to look more like agreements and treaties. It seems
so very easy to be in any relationship with someone and in the very next moment
cleave the bonds of that relationship with the same ease with which it was
adhered.
The day we land on this planet,
by default, we get entitled with bundles of associative tags. ‘The son of, the
daughter of, the cousin of, the grandson of, and so on… In fact the greatest asset
which life provides us with is ‘Relationship’. Every day, we encounter innumerable
people, each having a different connectivity with us. We relate ourselves to them
either as a stranger, as an acquaintance, as a friend, and etc. Every
relationship is invaluable. Every association is priceless. Our growth is
stimulated only because of these relationships. The day we start revering each
relation that comes across us, we can interpret its real essence.
A week ago, I wasn’t well. The very
next, early morning, I got a call from my mother, enquiring hurriedly about me.
She wanted to know whether all was fine or not, because something pertaining to
me perturbed her from within. I was amazed to witness the trueness of a loving
relationship, which didn’t even require any medium to transmit itself. Even
thousands of miles away, devoid of any communiqué she heard my heart speak. When
emotions start speaking, when our frozen thoughts start melting, when the
conscience joins with the hearts, a true relationship is born. Relationship is not a mere alliance it is a
communion of hearts. It is a bond which is the realisation of one’s existence
and which stands as the emblem of enlightenment between two souls.