Moment of Truth

"She's so beautiful, so shy, so adorable. This is what I wanted for such a long time. When I first met her, we started off on a bad note. The bad turned out to be good as the days passed, and everything started to fall in place. Mind you she can be very stingy when money is discussed. Even worse when she plans to put you on the back seat, when she believes whatever she says is right. She dominates like hell and cares like a mother. She fights like a cat and consoles like a brother. What to say, girls are that way.

But inspite of all her traits, i still feel strong when I see myself with her. Its a wonderful feeling.  Time when I asked her was tougher than asking for a free fall form Niagara. But here I am. Finally getting married. To the love of my life." said my friend.

He knew that she'll marry him from the moment she said YES. Even after YES, he had different experiences which would have made him skeptical about his proposal to her. He described her as a fighting cat, but believed her as consoling brother. He got dominated but felt the comfort of a mother with her.

He used to ask often "mane kai thashe to nai ne? Koi problem to nai aave ne? I hope everything turns out to be good. Will our families accept us?". Although on a funny note, I could feel the turbulence in his voice. He knew the answer as YES and was aware about the outcome. He was not escaping it, nor he could wait for it. But when the day finally came he was on a thin line, where he could not actually believe getting married to someone. And that someone was the love of his life. A critical time on which much depends; a crucial moment for him. Moment Of Truth.

Well, I always thought of him as confident and ready to face problem sort of guy, which he is. However, when he presented me with these questions, although not startled, I was quite surprised. My perception of him as always ready for everything met the reality of a doubt, anxiety which a person like him could have. I guess, that was my MOMENT OF TRUTH.

Now that's something which we all experience everyday, every hour, every day. What does MOMENT OF TRUTH actually mean?

I would designate life as the moment of truth. You feel & understand it as it comes. Well this is quite weired but yet there is a logic..

When a perception meets reality, it means that we are having a moment of truth. It may be right or may be wrong, but the outcome of any activity is not in our hand. We can just guide or motivate the course. We do anticipate the outcome, but what actually comes in front of our eyes is the MOMENT OF TRUTH.  

There are many examples to it. A very basic example that can be quoted here is when we turn on the fan in a sweaty summer night. We believe that it's gonna be on, entire night and we could wander deep into our dreams. But suddenly the electricity flows out and our sweet dream is turned into sweaty reality.That the Moment of truth. The perception that electricity will never flow out, meets the reality of no electricity and the fan turns off. Remember,we prepare entirely well for exams with a presumed format, yet we find a different questionnaire in the hall?

Many a times we meet certain individuals with a pre-conceived notion, just because someone has defined that person in a specific manner. We interact with that person with that limited frame of mind and try to act accordingly. The view changes a bit if not completely, when we actually start knowing that individual. That's the Moment Of Truth.

The entire journey doesn't end at any outcome. Every event, every incident, every scenario that we face is a MOMENT OF TRUTH. Every time our perception meets a new reality.

So what's your MOMENT OF TRUTH?