Stupid? Or Struck by Cupid?

Lately, I realized that everyone I know is going through a similar phase. Their status on Gtalk, Facebook,Orkut... is telling me the same story. Everyone seems to be under a lot of pressure to prove themselves,worried about the future and elders giving them all hints that they need to get married soon. Its almost like a time bomb.

This is a story of all those girls around me, put together as one experience. But I'm sure each one can relate to it.

She had relearned to smile. Take things as they come. Her heart was broken by someone very dear. A companion she thought she had for life. She'd a picture of her future with the love of her life. When reality dawned upon her she realized,Life had so much more offer. She diverted her time to all the things she had not paid attention to all this time.

Then someone walked into her life. He seemed so sensible. So much more mature when compared to any other boy she knew. He appreciated her and the things she does. Her dreams seemed important to him too. He encouraged her to live her dreams. He reminded her that she was important too. He said he respects her for the person she is. She'd never seen a more sensible man her whole life. He not only knew what is best for him but also helped her realize what is best for her. Whenever she wanted to give up, he reminded her of her potential. He always told her how good he thought she was. He made her feel good about herself.

Then one day she was lost in thoughts, thinking about all that he'd said and everything that it meant to her. She began to weep. Wondering,how someone could care for her so much. She was scared she might fall in love with this man. She had a new found respect for him. When her friends asked her what happened,she said "How can someone be so good to me that I wish to do everything he says without complaining? How is it possible that I'm unable to find any faults in him? I've never felt this way before. Its not fair". She asked them if she sounded stupid? They said, "you didn't sound stupid,you sounded like you've been struck by cupid". This made her weep even more.

She was running away from love and there she was wondering if she were in love again. She was so used to taking care of others that the moment she felt that she was being taken care of,her world seemed very different. It wasn't something she knew of. It was a whole new experience. She loved every bit of it, what scared her was the thought of losing it. She didn't know what he felt for her. She didn't know for sure if she was in love with him. Whatever she felt for him at that time seemed like love.

She didn't want to lose him. She didn't want to get her heart broken either. She was scared of making a wrong choice as she'd done before. She didn't want stupid cupid to ruin her happiness. She is confused.

Her heart pounded loud as she lay on her bed with many thoughts swirling in her head. That was when she made a conscious decision that she will not let things from the past haunt her. She also decided that she'd embrace each thing as and when it came without giving too much thought to where this new found relationship was headed. She promised herself that she'd not let the cupid make her go weak in knees. Instead, she would only do what seemed best to her than getting carried away even if it was for a moment because, she was no longer a girl but a WOMAN who knew what she wanted in life and a woman with no regrets in life. She smiled through her tears.

She fell. But that's not all.......She had the courage to stand up. That made her a winner!

If life has to offer her happiness in the form of this new friend then so be it. She wasn't going to run away from it. Right or wrong she wouldn't know unless she gave it a chance. If someone could love her for what she is then she'd rather be stupid and struck by cupid.

Next day she woke up with a new zest towards life.She looked into the mirror and said to herself, "Life is beautiful...you just need pure eyes to look at it!".