Just Another Day..?!! - Part 1 (Prologue)

They say, words are mighty; I am scared of their limitations. True they can incite passion, carve destinies, move nations; they continue to be the most exploited of all resources at man’s disposal. But then, sample this -

A busy businessman while leaving for office runs into his son who’s just out of the bed. He brushes his hand through the kid’s hair impulsively at the sight of the cute 10 yrs old in his night-pyjamas struggling to wish him a good-morning through his wide-open, yawning mouth. Both of them smile instinctively at each other, and the dad catches the momentary twinkle in the lad’s eyes as the lids rise to meet his own... The whole sequence of events takes hardly a second. The man scowls at the driver for his shabby dress, he’s probably to receive some important guests at the airport today; and the child shrieks and run at the sight of his mother, she would force him into bathroom instantly…and neither of them, ofcourse, gives it a second thought. It’s too insignificant an event to find entry in the dad’s notepad, or the son’s new personal diary. But after an hour’s meeting (rather argument) with his impolite clients, and in the middle of negotiating terms with the revolting workers, if the dad closes his eyes with the desire of a momentary reprieve, it’s that same twinkle and the same sheepish smile that will best work to quench his quest. The child on his part is too naïve to realize his moment of bliss now, but it might have probably left a mark on his sub-conscious which may actually press sometime later when he’s on his own and the relationship’s under a lean patch; he though may not be able to relate things then, but that hardly matters.

Now how do you actually emphasize the importance of that one, apparently insignificant, moment in their life, without hoping to sound too rhetoric or too dramatic or hopelessly romantic…?! One needs to experience it to know it.