Namaste Friends,
I am Shreya here again with another experience/story to lighten up your day. I hope you enjoy reading and my purpose to entertain your 4-5 minutes read is sorted.
Few days back, I was chilling with my close friend Aashna (name changed), she recently had dropped a 5 years old relationship by choice. She is a childhood friend, so you can understand the strength of the bond we share. We were planning these two days out for a very long period of time now, but were typically busy with our respective work. But finally the plan worked out and we were together. It had been a long span that we had talked our hearts out and that day was designed that way.
She fell on the couch and I served her hot coffee with home baked cookies I had made. "It's high time, you must think of your baking venture too"-she said. I waved off the idea and gave a starter to our conversation. We talked about how our lives were going, how my business and her job was doing. She asked me if I was thinking of settling down or focusing more on business for a few more years. I opted for the latter and asked her the same.
I asked her if she was doing just fine post breakup, though we had talked a lot before and post breakup. I tried my level best to calm her but still you may never know what is going on in the other mind.
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She said- ”I am doing amazing, I feel like I never had this freedom.”
To which I reacted- “really?” and what she said next is complete ear soothing and heart warming too.
She said- ”See, there is a difference between a Choice and an Option. One will always find several options in life but you choose only one. Choices are rational, they are well thought and well understood, chosen from the other several options available. So, I chose myself over every other person, every other emotion and vulnerability.”
She continued by saying “I am definitely at peace with his decision for not choosing me. You can love someone who has a different opinion from you and respect them for having his opinion. You can coexist with the same person in the same space once you start respecting that. And trust me, the best feeling in the world is always choosing yourself over others.”
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That day, I learnt from her what respect is all about; both for your own self and for a person you may have shared the relationship with and also how primary it is to be someone’s choice and not an option.
Thanks for reading guys!! Love Love!!