There is this friend of mine of over a score years. A friend I acquired in my early graduation days. All those years back and some, this one particular friend of mine is been steadfast in her ways.
I remember making fun of her for being too sweet with anyone and everyone, even when she was not really treated civilly. In short, I found soon enough, it was very hard to provoke her. So hard was this that, at times, some other friends of hers and I, even have thought that maybe she was always putting on this act of sweetness .Only, quite recently we have come to the realization that probably she was more tactful, more mature and diplomatic than any of us.
This realization has been arrived on by us, mostly due to the fact that she still remains the same in the face of any adversity. We all have changed in many ways I got to note, which is of course how it ought to be.Our experiences shape us over the years.And so we have become either more or less patient and suffering with our lots or have ended up as shrews or saints. She still is the same old smiling girl of yore though. It just escapes me how she can hold her smile as of yore .I got to take back my taunts now, the ones that I used to shower on her for being all too sweet in the face of total meanness even. She used to appear almost like a female messiah, and she was/is beautiful too, with the same all-suffering look.
Maybe its this attitude of hers that has bred better consequences for her in life . Its been said, patience often breeds more patience, likewise, probably a smiling acceptance and understanding in her, must have bred all that is nice that has happened/happens /will happen in her life too. I got into this musing on her after a conversation with a mutual friend and thought it was worth a mention, this sweetness and patience and this good-heartedness of hers. Only it makes me feel like a shrew, as I always have this tendency to argue in the face of anything before accepting it.
I remember making fun of her for being too sweet with anyone and everyone, even when she was not really treated civilly. In short, I found soon enough, it was very hard to provoke her. So hard was this that, at times, some other friends of hers and I, even have thought that maybe she was always putting on this act of sweetness .Only, quite recently we have come to the realization that probably she was more tactful, more mature and diplomatic than any of us.
This realization has been arrived on by us, mostly due to the fact that she still remains the same in the face of any adversity. We all have changed in many ways I got to note, which is of course how it ought to be.Our experiences shape us over the years.And so we have become either more or less patient and suffering with our lots or have ended up as shrews or saints. She still is the same old smiling girl of yore though. It just escapes me how she can hold her smile as of yore .I got to take back my taunts now, the ones that I used to shower on her for being all too sweet in the face of total meanness even. She used to appear almost like a female messiah, and she was/is beautiful too, with the same all-suffering look.
Maybe its this attitude of hers that has bred better consequences for her in life . Its been said, patience often breeds more patience, likewise, probably a smiling acceptance and understanding in her, must have bred all that is nice that has happened/happens /will happen in her life too. I got into this musing on her after a conversation with a mutual friend and thought it was worth a mention, this sweetness and patience and this good-heartedness of hers. Only it makes me feel like a shrew, as I always have this tendency to argue in the face of anything before accepting it.
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