"Have any of the things that you badly wanted been granted to you?", Soums asked over lunch.

I reflected and took a while to answer that. If she had asked me this probably a decade ago, I would have answered like many other melancholic, dispassionate, disappointed youngsters, "Never...I've never had any dreams of mine come true ever in my WHOLE LIFE(all of 2 decades, mind you!!)...".

Add to that the infamous crushes that crashed and I would've sounded even more tragic. But today, things seemed to have changed. Maybe I had lived long enough to give God some time to realise my dreams. I had even seen more dreams and was on the path of realising them or giving up on them because I was mature enough to realise they were not worth the effort.

"Well, certainly. Some significant dreams of mine have come true. Come to think of it, I have even got a lot of things that I never asked for...which is a bonus", I answered.

I seemed to be surprised at my own statement, because the importance of what I had just spoken dawned on me at that instant. We all seem to be so drowned in the business of making our dreams come true that we never stop by to experience and enjoy the things that have been showered upon us without having "asked" for it. Or maybe we take them all for granted-

 I'd never asked for wonderful, remarkably supportive parents 

I'd never asked for a terrific brother who swings, with effortless ease, between roles of a mentor, friend and a kid brother who just needs advice.

I'd never asked for trips abroad.

I'd never asked for awesome friends who make my day when I am feeling low.

I'd never asked for THE best friend in the world who I am confident is capable of pulling me out of any misery, though she stays miles away.

I'd never asked for this succesful a career(I'd certainly prayed for a *job* which pays me every month, but then, I never really knew what I wanted to do!).

But I've got all these and much more. I may not have got all the things that I actually "asked" for, but I have come to realise there is a reason why I don't have them.

 Wait a while - give the guy up there some time and he will either help you realise your dream or will let you know why you don't NEED that dream.

 PS: Sent this to a very good friend of mine and received this reply from him -

Probably for me the statement would change from

Wait a while - give the guy up there some time and he will either help you realise your dream or will let you know why you don't NEED that dream.

To

Wait a while - give the Lady out there some time and she will either help you realise your dream or will let you know why you don't NEED that dream. J