To All The People I Meet (And Don't, But Connect With)!



I came across this beautiful word yesterday.

Coincidentally, it was also the day when I went to my kid's school after a long time to pick him up. He has been coming home on his own since many days now. Yesterday I went to pick him after a very long time, almost a month. 

I happened to meet some parents with whom I used to cross paths regularly. Conversations were very rare, for, there was just about enough time to collect the kids and leave the school. Yet we often exchanged nods and smiles. Sometimes, a tired and amused look when the kids would be in hyper-active mode due to the high of leaving school after what was undeniably a long and boring day. But there was a mutual understanding between us parents. Even though there was no communication, we could relate to each other as parents. 

As I met some of them after a long time, a new realization came in. I saw them for the first time in a new light, not just as parents but people with stories of their own. They must have come from different backgrounds. They must have gone through tragedies and triumphs. Their lives would be as vivid and complex as mine. The amazing part is, even though we all have different lives and struggles, it is this difference that binds us as a common factor!

As a homemaker who is also an introvert, I do not get to meet many people during my day. The only interaction I have with people is through the social media. Most of us haven't met face to face. Many of us do not know what goes on in our lives (except for what we share in the media). Most of us do not know each other very well though we have been having conversations through posts and messages since a long time. There are some with whom I interact on a daily basis. We do not know what goes on each other's lives on a personal basis, yet there is a connection. A binding factor. Somehow, even though miles apart, without meeting each other or knowing each other, we all ended becoming social-media friends. As I browsed through the posts of my friends in FB, I realized that yet again, Sonder has brought people together and bonded them - each and every one of us having vivid and complex lives and relating to each other on a deep level. 

I never expected to make friends this late in life. I thought my phase of making friends ended with my last working day in an office. But somehow, sonder worked its magic and brought friends in my life -  the people who I meet on a daily basis in the non-virtual world and the people with whom I connect on the social media. 

Here's hoping and wishing that sonder keeps working its magic on all of us, brings more and more people in our life and thereby keeps us a part of an ever-growing community!


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  1. Latha PrakashFebruary 3, 2024 at 6:54 AM

    Every person, every smile, every year has a story to tell. And many a times when we hear to them we might feel that we r blessed. Beautifully expressed friend

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