Once upon a time......
There was a boy named Mikhail who lived in this/his happy world. A small city, which promises a lot of love is where he was settled in. The city had enloped him in its charm and happiness and never ceases to do that till now. After years of living away from home in a renowned boarding school, he met this girl, named Jenna, in his new school. They met through common friends, but soon became such good friends, that the common friends were forgotten. It wasn't love, it was just happiness that surrounded their relationship.
They would laugh together, cry together, make others laugh and make others cry. They were partners in crime. They lived, they talked, they lived to talk. The world around them was Perfect, coz they only cared about the world which surrounded them.
For the world, Mikhail and Jenna were too good a friends to remain friends. Mikhail was a nice hearted guy, who till then didnt know what hate meant. He had a sort of dysfucntional background, and Jenna was the one that he shared his world with. Every bit of emotion, every moment of joy, every moment of life was shared. Jenna, on the other hand,was someone,Someone that Mikhail had no clue about. He thought he knew her, but, unfortunately that wasn't the case. Jenna for him that time was someone who was innocent, honest and caring. She loved getting pampered and Mikhail loved pampering her. In short, it was just a perfect relationship.
Soon enough, it was that time of their lives where they had to part ways. They entered two different worlds, very different from their previous one. This was too small a change for their relationship to break down. They kept going strong and overcoming several obstacles like time, differences and difference in time and difference in the environment. Mikhail made sure that the differences don't create a dent in the relationship. Difference in environment is what decides how we evolve as a human being. Needless to say, they were in totally different environments and thus were evolving as different beings.
This went on for year, after which unfortunate/fortunate things gave them a change to reunite and reignite their friendship. This reunion was meant to be at the place where Mikhail had lived for the past year. Mikhail had grown himself to get accustomed to the place and was in love with it. He had everything he desired/dreamt of at that place. Everything. He was apprehensive about being reunited with Jenna, because he had evolved in a different environment, with wonderful people. But, he was still excited to be reunited.
Both of them were way too excited to be with each other again and be a part of each others presence again. The reunion was fantastic. They met, they ate, they laughed, they talked, they lived, they lived to talk. Again. This went on for an year, the year was a roller coaster ride for both of 'em. A ride where they savored the ups and stood through during the downs.
Their stars had decided to exchange places by the end of the year. They were about to be separated again and this time, the places were swapped. Mikhail went to a place where Jenna had lived for an year. Mikhail, went in with a lot of expectations, a lot of determination, a lot of motivation. Jenna, on the other hand, was well settled in the place she lived with Mikhail for an year. She was in love with the place and with the people. Mikhail was sad to leave Jenna and his old memories of the place, but was excited for the start of something new in life.
Mikhail found it tough to accept the change in environment, he was still in love with his past. He found it hard to live in a new place without any mental, emotional or moral support. For the first time in his life he 'felt' alone. Previously, he had always lived away from family but with a family of friends. So this change was too big a thing for him to handle. He broke down. He was shattered. But, he had Jenna on his side. Or so he thought.
To his utter surprise, Jenna has decided to step out of Mikhail's box (Read as Heart) of emotions. Why? Mikhail still doesn't know the answer. Mikhail was ignored, reminded of the Time difference, reminded of the fact that Jenna has her life too. Mikhail found it hard to survive a single day. He wasn't used to such a lifestyle. Mikhail found it tough to believe, for him it was like a bad dream, which he thought will soon get over. But it never did, for Jenna had decided to step into a new venture with some one else. Mikhail often found this upsetting, for he was insecure that he might lose Jenna. But, he also knew that Jenna was not doing anything wrong. He asked for time to accept it, but Jenna was too tight on schedule to give him his time. And, thus Mikhail's box of emotion was left with a void. A void that made it tough for him to survive. He didn't give up for the longest time. But, when he gave up, there was no chance for Jenna to re-enter and affect Mikhail's life any bit.
Mikhail took a long time to come out of this shock and realize that Jenna had decide to step out. Mikhail had finally decided that he will fight it out without her. It was not as if he didn't have other friend. In fact, he did have a lot of wonderful friends, but it was his attachment with Jenna that made him suffer. Jenna was well settled with her new life, and Mikhail was still finding it tough to survive. But, for Mikhail it had been a learning curve. A curve that taught him a lot. A lot more than he couldn't have seen if he didn't go through the rough patch.
Soon Mikhail was accepting things as they were, learning to live life as it was. That void was teaching him things, making him stronger each day. Slowly, but surely the void was replaced by Love, harmony, peace and Humor. With happiness, work, family and friends. But Mikhail learned it the hard way, that the void in the box of emotions should not be dominated by a single person. In fact, it should never be dominated by a person. He learned the hard way, that things come and go.
He finally understands that - 'Times change, years change, priorities change, people change, friends change, bes of friends change, But that one thing remains the same, 'The Box of emotions'. Thus, he has since been trying to understand the working of the most wonderful creation of God, 'The Box of Emotions.' And, thats how he defines his Self-realization, which is his ultimate goal in life.
* All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real person, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
