Angels

Facing highs and lows of life is the part which makes us human and being able to handle these situations and is what separates men from boys :)

No wonder that each and every one of us has passed through such situations, some of which we handled some of which we failed.
In all such situations, there is always an angel that helps us through. Be it a friend, family member, a team member or in some cases a total stranger. Most of the times we tend to forget that it is the "angels help" that acted like a shield protecting our candle of hope from all the external effects.

As the time passes the success/failure is what is remembered and we tend to forget everything else. This is a small recollection of how my angel was there for me in some of those situations.

Almost an year back there was a mail in our company asking for instrumentalists/musicians to gather for a new band in the office. Though i have played (tried to play) guitar for a long time i was hesitant to go. Was expecting a lot of people to turn up. One more reason being i was too shy to go there. So i did not respond to the mail. A few days after this mail incident, we have heard the band practicing in the cafeteria and was interested to go there. but still hesitation on my mind. then my Angel spoke "Lets go". He took me to the practice area which also was our Dorm. I was sitting there watching people play, looking at the Electric guitars lying around. I wasn't very used to looking at or playing electric guitars in Live at that time ;)

After they have finished playing a song, my angel came out again "Go and play", and there i was a bit shy, scared, with butterflies in my stomach took the guitar from some person and started playing "Hotel California". i was kind of okie with the playing. I was officially in to the group.

The practice sessions started, and being a shy person was not able to attend the practice sessions alone, so again a call for my angel and there he was, accompanying me to the practice sessions. Always encouraging me though i was pretty bad at playing.
When ever he says you are good i know in my mind that im playing it the worst, but his encouragement is what landed me on to the stage, my first full blown performance on the stage. (Previous encounters in another post)

Similar was the case with the second stage performance too, and without his help i wouldn't have made it on to the stage, and called my self a band member ;o)

There were a lot of situations where he was always with me. I will not be able to recollect all of them. But here is the most recent one.

This one is regarding the Sunfeast 10k Marathon. Me and my friend were going to gym since a few months, working out together and trying to stick to the plan :) I'm kind of a weak person, physically though with not much of physical activities. and one day he said there is a 10k run in Bangalore register maadi. And i went in to a thinking stance, can i make it, will i be able to run... and was also thinking on the after effects of the run.

While i was in my 12th i had a jogging adventure, went out with a friend of mine (a physically fit guy) he mad me run like anything and after a while all i know was the earth revolving around, feeling like throwing out etc etc. This is the misadventure that kept me away from running.

So this guy made me thinking should i go or not, I was hesitating also as i was worried that i will slow my friend down in the race. Finally after all the hesitation, registered for the run. I practiced with him for a couple of days and we both successfully made through the 10k marathon.

This is a small thank you for my friend Vamsi aka Krish, thanks for always being there for me. And may god give you the best in what ever you do.