One Person Is Enough to Make Everything Right

story of luck, love and life

Once in a while, you will encounter a person who will metamorphose your life.

And that’s what exactly happened to me a year ago. I unwillingly joined college to complete my post-graduation. On the first day, I entered the classroom and saw a girl sitting across the room, scrolling through her phone.

I looked at her once, then again, but she didn’t notice me. When she left that room, I felt the urge to go after her but I couldn’t. Four days later, we met again. She was sitting right next to me. My heart began racing. I wanted to talk to her, but words didn’t come out.

The next day, we finally exchanged couple of sentences. Something inside me felt good. I was happy. And soon we became friends. Good friends. Sharing black and white of our lives.

We were poles apart. I was an introvert, shy, keep-things-inside type of person, and she was an extrovert, putting all cards on the table type. In a perfect world, we could not have stayed in a single room for too long. But fortunately, the world is not perfect, and neither are we.

Soon, friendship turned into love. Duh! Nothing new. We all have seen the movie “Up,” right?

Well, yes. I am Carl and she is Ellie. Literally!!!

I found my true self with her, and it was freakishly awesome

I always had this person meandering inside me, and I believe every introvert has a persona that they hide from the outside world because it does not go with their regular demeanour.

I had one too. One who wants to say bad jokes, laugh out loud, go wild occasionally, be romantic. And when I started hanging out with her I could do all these things unapologetically. For the first time, I felt true freedom to express myself without having the feeling of you know — walking-off the trail.

I did so many adventurous things in the last year, like really insane shit, which I would have never done without her.

Balancing is an art and it can do wonders in your life

Finding the right balance takes time, whether it’s driving, cooking, weightlifting, or simply being in a relationship. It took us some time to adjust our needs and wants to suit each other.

I won’t deny the fact that it is not easy to put someone’s needs before you. It’s tough, especially for a person like me who grew up as a single child in a nuclear family.

But it generates a different feeling when you start putting your partner first. All you want is to see them happy and smiling. And they want the same thing for you, too. And that’s where the balance comes in. The right amount of salt to make the food delicious.

While learning the balance, we became much more mature, and our love grew exponentially. I feel incredibly content when I see how much we have grown together.

When it’s right, you can feel it

I see people around me struggling to find the right partner. They become paranoid, insecure, and conditional, but the truth is when it is right, you can feel it inside you.

The inner voice will tell you, “You are on the right path, keep walking pal”.

Every time I look at her walking towards me, smiling, eagerly waiting to hold my hand, I know I am on the right path.

Love is not complicated; it is pretty simple. People make it difficult. The true meaning of love is the desire to stay with each other no matter how challenging the journey is.

It is very easy to let someone go, but it is hard to stick with each other when all the odds are against you. And If you are with the right person, you will overcome all odds.

I feel lucky to meet her, but I also cherish the hard work we put together to make our relationship worthy.

For now and forever.

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This post was previously published on medium.com.

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