Unknown Consequences

Most of us at some point of our lives may have felt this : a yearning to know about unfinished past occurrences which suddenly assail us. It might be a yearning to know about a long lost childhood bosom friend with whom we had spent umpteen number of hours in a  happy , scrappy innocence of childhood, the friend who had shared secrets with and aspired to be a famous actress at the age of twelve , who we lost touch with when dad got transferred, who dropped out of the face of the earth , could neither be found on facebook or instagram. What happened to her? What does she do now, what does she look like? Fair or dark ?Could she achieve her ambitions? Does she lie and scheme even now like she did when we were kids?

     Yearning to meet old friends, to know about past enemies, visit old places to relive memories, and come to know about unfinished chapters of our lives. That classmate whom we liked, but was to scared to propose to. The teacher who unfairly marked our tests but always favoured my rival what became of them? The unfair boss who was always picking on us and for whom we had to quit a good job? Was he ever punished for his actions or did he get outstanding promotions and reach the top? As we age probably these are our train of thoughts and we love to reminiscence about them as the emotions associated with these memories are strong within us even now. 

    Sometimes if we are lucky our yearnings are satisfied by suddenly coming face to face with a long lost friend in the most unexpected circumstances. Those are the happy occasions in life. It gives us closure to our thoughts which had so far come unbidden to our minds. Our curiosity is satisfied, sometimes even our sense of justice is gratified to know that the unfair boss is now suffering. We feel that there is some justice in life.