After saying good bye to my kids and Zeeshan, who were going to the park, I thought of finishing some of my work that was pending for some days now. Although my husband had very kindly asked me to accompany him but I was in a little stress to finish what I had started. But then, as soon as they left, a cousin sent me a random voice note. I thought it was very funny so I decided to call her instead of replying to her.

That phone call lasted for at least 40 minutes. While I was still on the phone, I saw a lady pushing a pram down the road, wearing a sweat shirt and trackpants. Her brisk style told me that she is out for a walk – and that motivated me and changed my entire plan for the evening.

I said good bye to my cousin and texted Zeeshan that “I’m going out for a walk!”

And that was it. I changed to my trackpants and shirt, took out my joggers, wore a little blush-on – gave myself a sweet smile and there I went. Such a lovely sunset it was – such a lovely weather it was. I live next to the river and after a ten minute walk begins a park; so there is a lot of greenery and water along the way. I kept on thinking about different things in life – I smiled at the people – made unsuccessful calls to my siblings, who are in Pakistan, just to connect with them but nobody picked up. But that’s a separate story. I walked – and I loved it.

I walked 3-4 km. I also saw the same lady who had motivated me to dress up and get out of my cocoon. I smiled at her. She smiled back and turned her eyes away.

So that was her only role in my life – her two minute existence in my mind gave me the motivation to do something better. And that’s it.

And this is where I want to pause and turn this discussion to.

This is a human life cycle. Nothing is forever. We all are playing some part in each other’s life. You motivate me and I motivate you. We all need a little kick here and there – we all need a little word of joy and hope – we all need someone to tell us that by doing just 5% more, our quality of life can be improved a 100 times. We get this inspiration from the living beings around us and this keeps us strong and moving.

There are times when I hate social media. I hate Instagram. Facebook is a like a swearing to me. But I need insta to post my writing. I know that I have little time now. I cannot write big stories so just writing a line or two everyday makes me happy. And this is my only reason to be there.

However, at the same time, Insta has given me a lot of inspiration as well. There are few bloggers who I follow for one thing or another. They give tips, home styling ideas, dressing up ideas and that’s what I need. So all in all, not everything is bad in its entirety and not everything is good. Sometimes it becomes difficult to get some good from this enormous amount of garbage that social media carry. But then again, here lies a challenge for you. Pick that content which matters to you.

Life is all about growing. I think the only lesson that life gives us is to move on – learn – adapt and move on. And in this learning journey, anyone can become your mentor. Just anyone.. Hence, keep your horizons open and soon you will find something (someone) that interests you.

I remember the Covid time. My GP was after my life to get the vaccination when I was expecting Zara. I had doubts. So I lingered on for some months and then it became unavoidable. I was also double minded. I thought it might not be good for the baby. I did not know what will happen to me. After much thought, I booked my appointment. And I remember that day ( I was working back then) – my boss called. Although it was a general catch up but I told her about my worries. And can you believe, in the entire call we didn’t discuss office work. She had sensed my fears and started telling me about the time when she was expecting her twins. She told me about her fears. She told me about her sons who had now gotten the vaccine and were doing alright. You have no idea, how much it helped.

That day, when I went for my appointment, I was at much ease.

The reason I’m recalling this incident is that you never know who lifts your spirit and then leave. But at that very moment of your life, that person matters, their support matters and how they elevate your emotions matter.

And it is not necessary that all those people will stay in your life forever – or they would be there for a long long time. Most people, who inspire us, doesn’t belong to our world. They don’t even know us. But they help us grow and this is how the cycle of life moves on.

At the end, I would just say that take each day as it comes, accept that no relationship lasts forever but do have a believe that everything that happens make you a better person.

A big hug to all of you – I believe you need this from me … although I don’t exist in your world <3