Soul Barter

 

Soul Barter... Explained.

Every person we encounter, every leaf which brushes our face, every flower we smell, and every movie scene which moves us to tears is a part of us henceforth...

Blessed are those friendships which survive longer than many marriages, jump across hurdles like derby horses and I happen to be in a fortunate everlasting voluntary life imprisonment kind of friendship, a small party with them opens up all the windows of my soul. Morid moribund lethal routine and dodging everyday cunningness and outwitting haters drains, exhausts, assaults the soul. But friendships of these kinds always and always act like ORS or Saline drip for a dying patient. My soul was literally breathing its last breaths when suddenly my soul just starts observing my friends' souls and is mesmerized by the simplicity and strength of character each of them brings. Discussing history or seeing their collections is just a blingy section of this awe-inspiring ordeal, it's who they are. Every trivial day-to-day story they narrate shows me the sides they take and who they stood up against protecting another soul like me. May it be life-changing decisions they took and stood up against the world or braved being called stupid to do exactly what their hearts told them to. How being kind requires much more strength and commitment than just making judgments and small talks. May it be how to tap into our intuition and even use it to read tarots or how to just be kind to one's own self. 

To be wonderfully you.

Only "these" Soul Doctors allow me to be sulking b#tch or a sob story,  relive nostalgic history and be candid(yes, that's not just a word for your profile picture caption).

It isn't a hustle to be around them, they are some sort of magical ponies which keep giving me a tip, a hint for this gruesome test of life or a joke on my ego. They give me with their undivided attention and affection, a piece of their of soul. It isn't a piece they lose or fall short of because of this barter, we both end up enriched. Alchemy and metallurgy seem to return to the back of my mind as i recall, how alloys gain properties of both metals. This detail description may seem trivial or rather an exaggeration but, every action, every fight they pick or drop, every movie allows me a peek into their soul and watching their souls, reminds my soul of Magic.

Is this barter by choice? or with awareness?

That's what makes this barter the most beautiful and most successful in the entire history of nature and life. It isn't exactly voluntary( just like breathing... well is it voluntary or involuntary?) but it isn't noticed or forced. it just flows. Our parents are very perceptive and judge the quality of our friends by just noticing subtle changes in our behavior and habits as we make new friends. They do find them odd nearly always and then they decide if they are odd enough to be ours. As we keep brushing off some magical pixie dust onto each other, we also spray each other with our pain, our struggles and our view of the world, No matter how cynical or how blindly magical it may be. It is the highest form of vulnerability and growth.

Friendships are the second most selfless relationship we'll ever encounter.


Now, hasn't this wonderful creature given me a part of his soul and enriched me and maybe I did that to him too. Just feeling LOVE IS ENOUGH! 



Does the butterfly wonder about its short life span and stop pollination and flying around, no. No wonder we have something called as the butterfly effect. DON'T STOP BELIEVING!

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