Instinct

"Instinct" has been defined in the dictionary as - A natural reaction or behavior, without having to think or learn about it...
However hard I try to disprove myself of its existence, somewhere somehow I am unable to convince myself... Going back through some events in my life, I wonder - "Well why did I ever have to do that?"... The results have been sweet sometimes and not so some other times... But some of the people closest to me have been because of some 'instinctive' behavior on my part...

I still remember the day, 5 years back, when I was desperately in need of immediate money to pay a fee, and walked up to someone, a guy who ragged me once in the bus stop, and asked him for it... Scouting for 15 min around the campus, he collected the money and loaned it to me... I hardly knew him, all I knew was how bad he made me feel a few days back... And here he went all out to help me... There were few other guys sitting with him but the so-called 'instinct' just drives you to the right people... This guy is now one of my closest friends...

Well I understand how "off-tangent" I'm getting but sometimes you tend to ignore the subtle beauties of a connection... You forget how close you can get to a person in a flash... Sometimes it so happens that you cannot confide a lot in someone you've lived all your life with, but tell your heart out to someone you met just a few days back... Is it the people, or is it just us?

I've given just one little example there, but as of today I've met many many people in my life... And in many different and amazing ways... My Yahoo messenger, Orkut profile, address book, phone book, everything is overflowing with people... If I look back to see, I probably haven't even met some of them... But I could just call, sulk and hang up... Or call in the middle of the night and cry for help... Just with the confidence that you will be heard, you will be cared for... Life is beautiful indeed... Has a lesson to teach every second...