#10
"To swim against the tides is tedious only when the way you swim is wrong":- Life
This very quote redefined the life of a young woman who had miseries and hurdles alone all through her life, exclaimed the speaker. The motivational speaker had a stream of words flowing from his mouth. At times his thoughts traveled faster and sharper than the listeners in the gathering. It was when he noticed a restless young woman who had a zebra stripe like the scar on the forehead in the size of an eyebrow. She looked strange to him for why she was in a counseling session and yet outside the classroom, sobbing.
Steffi had taken a break from her routine life and had set off on a travel spree. It was already six months since she was discharged from the hospital. There was no one in her family who dared to stop her from taking a decision. For every decision in her life was advocated or influenced until then. She set off the trip with just three sets of clothes and no questions asked in the darkest hours of a no moon night. A note that was stuck to the mirror in her room read,
"I do not intend to run away, I have lived your choices for all these years unquestioned. Now it is my decision to experience peace and hence, leave unquestioned. I shall not be long gone, nor shall soon return." :-
With pain and love
Steffi
Vivek did not choose to stay away from her life even then. He made sure that she carried the pain of regret for choosing to leave him. Never did he think that it was he who turned the wrong cards thinking to strike the jackpot. Steffi was traced every moment and that had become her new normal. She was drained of fighting against the tides and had finally accepted to live with it, leaving the choice of disconnect to Vivek.
Sitting in the busiest area of the premises, Steffi was preparing herself for the next few months of her life in all new places that she is yet to see. In the meanwhile, the speaker had winded up his session for the day and started walking towards her. Her brightest smile sent a happy vibe to the speaker, whereas her moist eyes confused the earlier emotion. He comforted her by patting on her shoulders before saying.
"If you are that Steffi who have come a long way from home, there is a stranger who wants me to tell you, You did not loose, you let them win."
She was taken aback and before she could ask anything, he said
"little do I know about the guy who asked me to tell you this, there were over a hundred people today and we do not have any data about their identity that includes you too"
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