A nostalgic trip to memory lane.

Just some time ago i got in 
touch with many of my old school pals through social networking site Facebook.Thanks to Technology which has brought us all closer.Connecting with long-lost friends is like checking out those class  group photo session.Whether its Facebook , Twitter or any medium of social networking,it helped me to connect with good old high school,my teachers,principal and college friends who I had not  seen or heard from in decades.Its been a topsy turvy life for me all along.But suddenly i was  filled with life meeting them though virtually.Which later on became possible in practical too.Felt those butterflies fluttering in my stomach in excitement of hearing them.Really the moment is so nostalgic & lovely to be able to know & see how gracefully we have all aged and how  wonderful they all are doing!I found myself in the muddle of my long lost friends.It was as if some  sort of telepathic connection that me and some of my old school friends were searching for each other at  the same time.I discussed it with my mom that night where all these people maybe now.Do they ever  remember each other?The other day i was talking to my very good friend  next day.Found her when i  was going through some group talks.Was little bit confused & a thought struck me into thinking about.Is it really her?I don't know what but talking to her  i was very happy and excited too and was a eerie feeling.Many other friends got in touch with me.Maybe  they too were searching each other.In the last few years, not many of us have kept in touch – perhaps due to the  hectic pace that life has taken.Over the next few years, many of us joined and many left the group.Whatever be the reasons they left.But the bond  that ties us all together is here to stay.Of course, everybody here would have enough of their own to weave  a carpet of old memories to share and I hope you do too. It was fascinating to know about what some of  my fellow classmates have been doing.
Whether it's School or college and all those memories, most of which are still so vivid in my mind,even little happenings, as if like a  picture whether where we are still running after the butterflies in the rose garden ,whole class together  standing out of the class as punishment or fighting for that foul while playing volley ball or even sharing  that lunch or talking about boys.Whether it was us playing hide & seek.Or our principal taking our classes.Or be it farewell party.Everything is so surreal.It is said that true nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed  memories – and I am sure that today as we all meet old friends and teachers after almost 2 decades what  you feel, and what I feel sitting here thinking about my old school days, is nothing but true nostalgia -  Nostalgia about those wonderful years we all spent together and impressions of which have left an indelible  mark on the futures that we have built for ourselves today.These moments are so precious to be kept near our hearts.Yes, there is something about the bonds of  friendship that we formed in those early years of our lives that will always be missing from all the other  friendships that form over the entire course of our lives.Sometimes when I sit back & reflect,school & college seems to have been one long holiday.Which come to an abrupt  end – too soon.Since leaving the high school and parting each others company almost 20 years ago, all of us  have followed our destinies and today reached a point in our lives where we are enriched with many more  relationships and friendships that we have formed in our college, professional and personal lives.Many of us just kept staring & smiling at each other.Sometimes a bit distant too.Yet there  is something about the bonds of friendship that we formed in those early years of our lives that will always  be missing from all the other friendships that form over the entire course of our lives – perhaps it was the  lack of an ulterior motive, or perhaps it was that we were too innocent to be judgmental.Whatever it is, these relationships always go the extra mile.From my personal experience,I can tell that after years of not  being in touch, I still have never been able to pick up and continue a conversation with any of my friends from work, like I have been able to with many of my friends from the school days and many of you  would have felt the same thing as you talked to each other after so many years.
For me,it was like a time warp.Being transported back to time when I was in school  uniform. I felt like i was watching Harry Potter movie where the characters get transported within time.From present to  past.It brings a smile upon my lips!I was also little sad about not being able to be in touch with them for so long.I can say the vice versa for rest of them too.Going back to the subject of nostalgia – they say it is never safe to be  nostalgic about something until you are absolutely sure there is no chance of it coming back. Unfortunately,there is absolutely no chance of those days ever coming back, so it is safe to be nostalgic about it  today.That is what the excitement of a reunion is all about – meeting old friends, hugging them and  sharing memories that have been sweetened by the passing of time.Yes,those were the good old days.What more could i ask for in life from god...I have the best family and the best of my friends with me.I  would tell all my friends to pick the day.Enjoy life - to the hilt. Accept the day as it comes.People as they  come they bring along past the present & the future with them. I think this thinking has helped me  appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.Let us all strive to  maintain this “new found” old connection for forever.You know it's just like you leap onto that boat that takes you east, towards your dreams, towards uncertainty.People who have gone away to distant lands  for holiday, and they come back the same.To right back where we all started.It's as if we are saying "I  meet you round the bend of the road my friend."