Insightful boredom

Waiting can be difficult, whether for a doctor’s appointment, a flight or a lover. While I was in one such situation, that I shall leave the reader to guess, I asked a few very dear friends a question that has been asked many a time before – What is the nicest thing about life?

My phone soon began alerting me of responses:

A film-maker friend: Life itself!

I: C’mon, be specific, not 'filmy'.

He: the ability to be conscious of it.

I shall wait for him to make a movie on that to be able to comprehend it!

A Musician: Music!

I: Seems obvious, no?

He: it’s the nicest part of my life

The heavyweight: food

I: ofcourse!

Though I would tell her, the gym isn’t too bad, either.

The student: holidays

I: I can imagine!

The great escape from teachers, assignments and tests.

By now, I was finding it quite entertaining!

And then a friend, who I cannot put in a category due to his multifaceted interests that include comic books, messaged that he felt it was childhood, until he read of the bombing of a school by Israel.

It made me wonder why life makes us sad, too…

The homemaker: family

I: God bless

The doctor: disease and illness - it helps me earn my living!

I: Smart

Ah, the hidden conspiracy between the doctors and the bugs.

And then my film-maker friend turned the question on me.

I: the chance to spread happiness, unconditionally!

He: change your profile picture!

I: really? That bad, eh?

He: Put Mother Teresa’s instead!

the riddle of life: zindagi kaisi hai paheli