Unlocking Friendship

Feb 28
NabanitaDhar
“Why didn’t we talk to each other then…?” asked Stella wiping tears off her eyes as she continued “Look now we have wasted seven long years ignoring each other, not acknowledging each other’s presence…” while Nikki looked on, tears flowing through her eyes as well.

Sitting side by side, holding each other’s hands, the two friends wondered what could have stopped them from speaking, from being the best friends that they once were as Nikki continued “I shouldn’t have left without talking to you. It was my fault…..Now that I look back at it, it seems so trivial…Stella I’m sorry…I should have tried to sort out this misunderstanding long back!”

“No…it was my fault too…The key to our friendship was our ability to let go of any ego on our part and just talk, cry and biker, but shed all inhibitions and move ahead together….” Stella said clearing her throat “but that year everything changed..And I can’t even put a finger on the reason for it now…trust me it was my fault too Nikki…”

“I wish we had spoken sooner…So many times I wanted to just pick up the phone and give you a call but couldn’t…” Nikki said “I just didn’t know if my apologies could unlock the passage to those days when nothing could come between us.”

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“You know what it’s better late than never…” Stella said managing a smile on her face as she took out a key from her purse “Take this as a symbol of unlocking all the bitterness in our hearts…From this day on-wards no bad memories and no regrets..Okay?” and as Nikki nodded they went back to being best friends again but this time forever.

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To all friends lost.. May we find it in our hearts, the path that leads to each other!


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46 thoughts on “Unlocking Friendship”

  1. Nabanita your blog reminded me of me and a close friend of mine,but thankfully we unlocked our bitterness after 3 years and are very good friends again 🙂

  2. I'm so glad you got back your friend Panchali…Not all are so lucky…I made an effort for reconciliation once but there's only so much we can do, only so many steps we can take…

  3. A wonderful story with a great message. Ego can ruin relationships. Somebody summarized it so well…. the weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego! 🙂

  11. Most of the time I generally don't patch things up, which I regret sometimes. This was a lovely story. I am always afraid after a big blow up to make the first move, so generally I just don't and leave the relationship in the past.

  12. Friends should clear any misunderstanding and let go ego which causes a rift. Me and my friend too have drifted afar ( not bitterness , no misunderstandings) nad time and distance has pushed us afar. I feel bad for it. But it takes to patch up.

  13. Lovely thought. Great that the misunderstanding was cleared. You have combined so many prompts! Great work 🙂

  16. so often we lose people who matter to us just because we are unable to let go of our ego! But key to long lasting relationships is that person is concerned is always above the ego!
    Nice touching story!

  33. I think that happens to all of us Kathy… Sometimes sadly even after we make the first move the response is not what we would want… so I agree how we could be apprehensive to make the move…Thanks for dropping by Kathy…

  34. I agree Kalpana… Even I have lost a good friend due to misunderstanding … I even tried to patch up but I had to back off after the response wasn't as warm as I would have liked…

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