humanity, above all

I feel really strange, weak and helpless today. A situation so occured that though I wanted to be present in person at a particular place but I had to refrain from being there and communicating. I had to stop myself and act as a silent supporter in my own way, and to do so all I had was- to offer prayers. I suddenly realise the irony of life and the formalities we are bounded with. How important having formal relations become and probably taken above a common relation we all share, that's humanity. Well at the end I console myself with two things, one that probably I am not there because I wasnt supposed to be there or rather not destined to be there and second that it wasnt probably really important for me to be there what was important was to just keep praying and sending positive vibes. Such are certain situations in life, but I feel sad failing on one lesson my elderly taught me, thats to be present with any person in hour of need, its ok to skip sharing moments of happiness but we certainly should be available to share stress/sorrows. 

Manisha Dawar