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Worth a While

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"The secret of patience is doing something in the meanwhile."  Not long ago, I had to accompany my aunt to the airport to pick uncle up. His flight was somehow delayed so we had to wait a good while. And since we were not sure about which exit he was going to come through, we had to sit afar from each other. Alone by myself, while I was straining my eyes for uncle, I got to witness a whole lot of things at a place so ordinary and yet so extraordinary. People were waiting for their friends, bosses, parents, spouses, siblings, relatives, lovers. People were moving about trying not to miss their flights. People were arriving from distant lands. People were coming home. Some were bored stiff from the mind numbing wait. Some were really anxious; they just couldn't stay at a single spot, always on the move, roaming the whole place looking from one exit to another as if the wait was going to lessen that way. Others were calm and so very serene. Those who arrive

Little things

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Happiness sounds like... the sweet melody of Flaws, the voice of Dan Smith Happiness looks like... a stage with Bastille with just Kyle, Will and Woody, an excited crowd, a throng of screaming girls Happiness feels like... bafflement of not spotting Dan Smith anywhere in the stage or amongst the crowd, hoping he’s down with the fans, expecting him to actually be doing the rounds among the fans, hearing the screams approach you, and finally seeing him actually come towards you where you stand trembling holding your phone debating with yourself if you should stop shooting and see him or capture the moment for me to go back in time and relish it over and over Happiness is.... seeing him sing and walk past me, getting to capture him singing and walking past me, having him brush past me Ecstasy is ...feeling dizzy with the realization that YOU JUST SAW DAN SMITH SO CLOSE AND TOUCHED HIM!