A few years ago I came across this movie named Amélie. It was playing on some random channel in a hospital room. Since it was a french movie, I could do with the muted version and just the subtitles when my father slept on his bed peacefully. It had been such a depressing couple of days with me nursing my old man back to health. One can never prepare anybody to face the harsh reality of our parents getting old and getting sick. And this pretty little Amélie was what I needed at that point of time. She came in with her very cute smile and did the smallest of things to bring happiness to the people around her.
At that point of time I wanted to be her. I wanted to be the one bringing some sort of happiness to someone. In the most menial way possible. I had energy to give, or so I thought. There is so much love in and around you that you can give just a little to anyone you see and you will still have so much left with you. A lot of people fail to understand that love and smiles are inexhaustible and lock it up. I was one of the nut cases who kept giving. Even if it hurt me and even when it did not give me any joy in return I kept giving. I kept giving all the love I had in me.
Today I saw Charlie. A guy who spreads love everywhere he goes in his own quirky way.
I did not wish to be Charlie. I think everyone I know who saw that movie wants to be Charlie. They don’t want to be Tessa who looks for this guy with a passion. We all want to be the one who spreads happiness right? I wished to have a Charlie in my life instead. I wished I had someone come in one day and just spread some love and life into the dull limbo that I am currently living. And in that moment I realized I am not such a bad person to want this. I realized that I am finally all out of love to offer that I am looking for outside sources. I wonder if that is why people lock up their love all the time and never even think of giving. They are scared that they will run out of love someday. And then there are these folks who just give it off so freely without a care in the world because they somehow receive as much love in return. They just don’t know the impact they have on anybody.
Here’s to wishing to be a Charlie or a Tessa and fill your heart with as much passion as possible!!!