(Photo
courtesy: A photo enthusiast attendant at the resort)
Time and tide waits
for none, but with the Lord on your side you can get things done (Quite innovative and that
rhymes too!)
After a tiring perfect
big-fat-Indian-wedding I was treated by an even more perfect surprise by my
oven-fresh husband; an exotic honeymoon in the Maldives. A wish turned true! (I
had not left a single chance, as and when it came, to give hints about where I
would love to go on a honeymoon and still expecting it to be a surprise)
Ken would never reply
to my question on repeat mode, “Where are we going for our honeymoon?” Making
me anticipate it all the more.
Voila! finally arived!
As we stood
hand-in-hand basking in the glory of being merged in to a beautiful bond called
marriage we looked at the wide, vast ocean in front of us. The colours, aroma
and freshness unbelievably inviting.
Our backs turned
against the old relationships, unfulfilled dreams, loneliness, incompleteness
and to the world in general and we were facing what lied ahead; the challenges,
adventures, risks, expectations a completely new path in particular awaiting
us.
As fairytailish as everything said above may sound,
certain realities are the quintessential part of a married life.
Making decisions
together (Secretly hoping them to turn into your favour)
Listening first before
jumping to conclusions (The toughest one for me)
Making sacrifices even
when they pinch us (And brag about them later)
Keeping calm (when you
can actually kill the other one if you had a licence to)
Doing things happily
that once sat last on the list of things you will never do (cooking, house
chores… pick yours)
Loving even when it
doesn’t make sense at times (Because Love can conquer all)
And the list goes on
lengthening as the journey proceeds further and farther.
The honeymoon-period
was just the phase of floating on the surface after our first courageous dive into an ocean full of tides and ebbs. We were yet to swim deeper; to explore the unexplored.
Now, as we go along on
this sea adventure called marriage each day, each month, each year… we find
ourselves on a boat (our humble habitat that keeps changing each year) with two
oars (one for me and one for him) right in the middle of the ocean.
During the still waters
and the calm sea we feel loved, encouraged, uplifted and supported by each
other.
And when we bump into
some sharks (detractors) or the dolphins (well-wishers) we have learned to
handle them both and the key is to be true to each other.
But while the fiery
storms and scary waves make us undergo the feeling of getting drowned we still find
each other holding eachother's hand, looking into eyes and confess, “We’ll get through this
too with the help of the Lord!”
Our daily Bible dose
and let-us-first-pray-about-it proposals have made our belief in growing
through the tough times and being thankful through the good times stronger and
stronger.
More
than the sound of many waters, then the mighty breakers of the sea the Lord on
high is mighty
Psalm
93:4
