The Significant Other

None of us needs to be told of the importance of others in our lives. The often used, over used axiom ‘no man is an island’, though a cliché now, sheds light to this truth in nutshell. But the saying doesn’t convey the message that we mingle with everyone nor does it say everyone we get in touch with is playing a major role in our lives and we cant do without their presence. At the same time, no one can deny the fact that there is a ‘significant other’ in everyone’s life. Maybe a parent, spouse, or friend who has influenced, altered our life vastly, whose life has become the corner stone of our success and happiness. If not for that person, we may not be who we are. She or he maybe the mascot of our lives and our lives may have taken a flip over the turn for good after the timely involvement of this person.

Have you ever given a thought to this person’s presence in your life? Just by his/her being there s/he has not only been able to effectively fill in the vacuum that would have otherwise opened its jaw but also highlights the truth that if you fail to recognize this person in your life, you are a fleck on the seashore; lost. Of course, we cant deny that everyone we meet in life, however trivial role s/he maybe playing, has got a message for us. But all these become meaningless, less effective or untimely when we fail to recognize the Significant Other in our lives. There is no denying that we don’t meet up with this person one way or other, but do we accept him or her is the question. Have you already turned your face away or failed to recognize that face? Are you yet to meet up?