Catching up over lunch: day 32 of #100happydays

“I’m going to be in your part of town today”, I texted to a friend. “Think we can catch up over lunch?”

She didn’t have anything that couldn’t be re-scheduled, and an hour later, we were sitting at a café, giggling like we would when we worked together and met everyday. What we spoke about, I don’t remember. All I know is we picked up from wherever we’d left off the last time we spoke!

It is nice to have friends with whom you can make elaborate plans to meet, but nicer still is having someone you can meet spontaneously.

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Girls on Bikes: day 31 of #100happydays

Up the street on peddling feet, there we went,

Us friends three.

On borrowed bikes, some small, some high,

Off we set before daylight.

The last time I pedaled on a busy road, was

More than three decades ago.

Did that deter us?

Not at all, oh no.

I never learnt how to handle gears, and this

Was certainly not the time to learn.

On we went using only brute strength,

And the desire to have fun.

Wheeling the bikes out was an impulsive thing,

The fun we had was great.

Up the street on peddling feet, there we went.

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True Contentment- Day 2 of #100happydays

I had set my heart on participating in an All-Women 100k Ultramarathon, but just couldn’t make it work for logistical reasons. But a friend registered for the race, and even finished it. Happy though I was for her, I expected there to be a lingering taste of disappointment when I met her. Not so. While she was speaking of it, I was there with her, for her.

When you reach the stage where you are genuinely happy for someone else for getting something that had been denied to you, that’s the day when you realize you have discovered true contentment.

With my 'sole sister', Barefoot Priya

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