Expectations !

"Ha ha ha..."
"What happened?," asked my friend...
"Nothing yaar, kuch yaad aa gaya"., I replied

"Asia to kya yaad aya jo itna hasne ki zaroorat padi?," he asked again...

"Yad to bohot kuch aa raha hai aur hasi bhi.

"Ajib hai yaar tu, jab bhi koi joke yaad aata hai, akele akele has leta hai. Aur hasta hi rehta hai... Aur hasta bhi kaisa hai Khatarnaak..."

"Ha ha ha..."

"Dekha abhi bhi has raha hai"...

"Actually koi joke voke nahi yaad aa raha. I am laughing cause I'm unable to judge myself in a certain way. Tell me something. Did we sign a contract, ke bhai hum log zindagi mein achhe dost bane rahenge?... "

"Kisi dost se panga hua kya?"...

"Arey nahi yaar... Mein to aise hi generally soch raha that ke, dost, relatives, acquaintance vagera vagera.. sirf matlab ke liye banaye jaate hai ya phir kisi matlab se bante hai"

"Dekh yaar apna to life ka simple sa funda hai... Kaam khatam, aadmi khatam. Kuch hi log aise hote hai jinpe aap zindagi ke liye bharosa kar sakte ho. Woh chahe relatives ho, ya dost... Yea wohi log hote hai jo zarurat ke time pe kaam mein aate hai.."

"Wahi... there, u see.. you also said the same thing.... Kuch hi log hote hai jinpe bharosa kiya jaa sakta hai... aur zarurat ke time pe kaam mein aate hai..."

"Haan to?"

"Matlab yehi na.. ke kuchh hi logon pe bharosa karo... taaki aapki expectation ko zyada thhes na pohche yehi na..."

"Haan.. but mein kuch samja nahi..."

"Arey sirf itna keh raha hoon ke bhale hi dost ho ya koi aur.. kya relation isliye rakhe jaate hai kyon ki hame unse kuch chahiye ya phir aise hi..."

"Jaise?"

"Jaise, mein aise dost chunu jo zarurat padne par kaam aaye, yaa phir mein aise dost banau jisko jab zarurat pade to woh mujhe yaad kare... phir chahe bhul jaye...chalega"

"Yea sab achanak kahan se aa raha hai? Nakki kuch locha hai"

"Arey yaar kuch locha nahi hai... And I am not bothered that much... I've seen few people in my life who do not expect anything from their friends ... Literally nothing... Entirely selfless... and yes I am not lying.."

"Toh?"

"Toh yea ke agar abhi tak maine kuch expect nahi kiya hai toh woh mere achhe dost hai. But, if I am in need of something and they are not able to help... , again they might have their reasons... should i stop talking to them or something.?

"Ofcourse not, not at all."

"I believe you're speaking my language."

"Hmmm."

"And what do you think about the "friends" who stop interacting or sharing with you just because you could not lend a helping hand due to some constraints?"

"Well in that case you can do nothing. Its an individual choice. However, if you feel like talking to them, just give them a buzz. Its as simple as that."

"Hmmm. And if they do not intend to reciprocate, maybe they should not be bothered so much. One should leave them and in case if they turn back for something, u should never say no. Right?

"Bulls Eye"

"Hmmm. So do not expect anything from anyone, but be ready to fulfill their expectations. Eh!"

"Yes, cause as they say, EXPECTATIONS FROM OTHERS ALWAYS LEADS YOU TO DITCH. HA HA HA HA HA".

And he too laughed with me...