The Words with Wings

 I can bet that half of you ignored the 's' after "Best friend" in the title. That's okay because when most of us think about "Best friends", we usually refer to just one person. But I believe that we can have many best friends, each with a different sense of excitement, humor, advice, and craziness. I'm going to describe what I'm saying here by talking about my best friends. The Long-Distance best friend: This is the one who I've known from school. She changed school and shifted to Sri Lanka, because of her dad's job in the tenth standard. She moved away and we hardly meet, probably once in two to three years, but our friendship has grown ever since. We share everything over a call and we know all of each other's friends and secret crushes. Our parents say that we are sisters from different mothers. So, in short, it's like an ideal yet virtual friendship. The school best friend who's always been there with you: We've know...

It's amusing how a simple hug can turn so many things around. If we see it, it is just a simple gesture of wrapping your arms around someone else. But it means so much more and can be an instant cure when our heart is in pain. Being in someone's arms can make you feel so safe as if it's the only secure place to be in at that moment. It's soothing when we hug a loved one but this little act of kindness from even a stranger is so powerful that it can take all your loneliness and pain away for that bit.  It's magically this tiny and astounding packet of energy. A hug can make you feel cared for when you are experiencing something as happy as a wedding and can console you when you are feeling sad over a breakup. A hug can pacify an angry person and lift up the mood f someone who's feeling gloomy. I like to think of it as lying in the clouds while embracing the fact that there are people in your life who find you important and have got your back. Since this small dee...