Goodbyes...

Just bid a second farewell to my younger brother...he'd left a year and a half back for further studies, and was back for his first vacation with us. It was still heart rending, but I guess having had him come back once, it is now easier to believe that we will all see him soon.

I guess my biggest fear (before he came back) was about how much things will change. They did....he's certainly matured, but what's great is that nothing's changed in his equation with any of us. It was a lovely, fulfilling reunion.

And I guess there lies my latest lesson. Relationships, I feel, can be of many types - some are created out of habit, some out of situations, and some are relationships of the soul. While the first two types of relationships can change with time and experiences, the third will never change. How many of us have friends like that - you could be meeting after ages, but you can pick up right where you left off.

And therein, I think, lies the secret of giving (and having) space in our relationships. If it is a true bonding of the souls, we won't drift apart. We'll (having been enriched by our learnings and experiences) only enrich the relationship more.

Hmmm....