We Need A Break!

Every person is serving a purpose in our lives. We meet thousands of people, we like some, we hate some, we adore some, we love some, we work with some and there are few with whom we can connect.

Certain people are meant to be in our lives just to be our friends, to be precise, Soul Friends. I have a Soul Friend too, Bruce Wayne (I am sure we could have come up with a better name, but I respect his love for BATMAN).

So Bruce is a very well mannered, one of those ‘BIG’ guys (which he doesn’t admits), matured and wise man. If I have to compare him with any of my Tarot cards, I would refer him as ‘King of Pentacles’ (man of commitment). World made two teachers (of course one is me) come together to teach certain lessons to each other.

I just came back from dinner party and saw a text message-

‘Hey! Sorry couldn’t take your call in afternoon. How was your interview?’

‘That’s fine Bruce. You don’t have to be sorry for it. And I bagged that job.’

‘Congratulations! I knew you would. All you needed was some patience. 

But next time you have to be careful before putting down your papers. You can’t rely on an offer from a small firm, especially when you aren’t sure about their reputation.

 Anyways, lesson learned ’.

‘I know! I was frustrated with previous job, monotonous life and wanted to shift to Mumbai by tooth or nail. Moreover I was not enjoying my work. I lost peace there’.

‘I know you are a sincere woman, sometimes it happens, we can’t always justify our actions’.

‘Yes you’re right. Sometimes life forces us to be in the situation we have been avoiding for long. I am working past five years, and I never got a chance for a month long vacation. 

So you see, life forced me to have one. And I must say this break was required. I got a chance to spend some quality time with family with no professional thoughts, no tensions, no timelines and targets. In fact, I could sit and resolve some personal issues and there you see, I find myself free.’

I was typing more but suddenly Bruce interrupted with ‘I wish I could have one’. I was shocked to know that a workaholic like him needs a break.

‘In fact I think every man needs one, but we don’t have that option’, he added.

‘What is stopping you or any other man?’ was my obvious question.

‘I need to work hard to have and to give a desired life.’

‘But Aanya works too, I am sure after marriage she will continue her job and you will not be alone to look after your family’s financial needs.’

‘Yes, but still I can’t be a mother to my kids. Moreover, I want her to relax as well. I don’t want to force her to work. By the way, your potential husband is also working hard somewhere for your better future. In fact he has been working for more years than you. So be patient with him as well. Even he has planned to give you a secured life. Even he has some expectations from you. I hope you understand what I mean?’ Bruce has a tendency to provoke me to speak up my mind.

‘No I don’t. We speak of gender equality, and I don’t see here. If I as a woman can leave my job and rely on my husband, so can him. What makes him different? Even he is a human. Financial stability is not his responsibility alone. Even he needs break for his personal development.’

‘True that. Good that you understood. This is all I wanted you to realize. Be careful with your actions. And yes try to give him that desired BREAK you were talking about.’

‘You and your subtle approach.  But yes, thanks for your advice. You just showed me other side of the coin. We as a woman shouldn’t impose our desires on our man. He is already working hard to give his best. Even he can get tired, even he needs a BREAK! ’

‘Happiness is to see you getting wise. Though you’re still immature,’ Bruce winked.

‘I am not having this argument again.’

‘Okay! This was matured enough,’ he winked again.