Winter is back. The land is covered with white monster all over. Winter has its own traits. Life gets frozen just like the canals in Amsterdam and people avoid going out unless they really have something to do. For me, this is the season when I can go deep inside me and feel myself. Summer is usually fun and there are so many things to do that the "real me" is ignored.
I like winter and I have a billion of reasons to like it. I like winter because its funny; funny because it makes all the girls looks alike - (apparently) Muslim. Some girls go far beyond even the Burqa wearing girls. One can barely see their eyes :). I love winters because I like polar bears. Since my childhood, I had a heart filled desire to see them walking around me. I don't live in polar region, yet winter makes human look like polar bears. With loads of sweaters inside that are squeezed up and buttoned by the outer covering (the coat or the jacket) makes everyone walk like Polar Bears. People look cute yet indistinguishable. You are looking for Mr. A but the problem is that everybody from Mr. A to Mr. Z all look similar. In autumn when the tees become deprived of their leaves, the winter can no longer handle this sight and come with all its frozen energies to cover trees with snow and trees start to look like made of glass. It looks like everything around is fake.
I like winter because everything around me looks like a palace made of glass and I can walk on the streets without taking care that a car or a bike can come in my way. It gets darker very soon and the psychological effect is that people rush for home quickly. The sun is on vacations usually in winters and if he manages to come somehow, stays only for a while and sleep behind the tons of clouds. When everybody is back home soon, different units of family get a chance to have a chit-chat over dining table and gives a beautiful glimpse of all the chairs occupied by each person in the family. We are progressing yet this progress comes at a price of lesser interaction between members of the family. Winter gives a natural chance to you to sit back and look at yourself and your family, acknowledge the love, cherish the moments spent together, come closer, get rid of a mechanic life. In the time when children are growing up by only seeing their father over webcam, it gives a chance to actually meet them and feel their warmth. While the snow is hugging the bare stems of trees, winter brings an opportunity to hug your loved ones and protect them. The money that you spend on your family vanishes quickly but the love that you give them is eternal. Let us unite, let us learn to love those who can never be replaced by your mates or colleagues. Get the warmth that cannot be attached into the email, receive the love that cannot delivered through Skype, establish feelings that your mobile cannot communicate, feel the sensation that cannot be emancipated through the webcam. Get along with each other before its too late. If you have not seen your family for a long time, lighten your pockets and spend some money to go back and see them. If you often see them, give them more time because in todays time, living together doesn't really mean "being together". While the inter-room communication in the same house is taking place through messages over MSN, get some time to unite in one room, under one roof and start having the "Actual Conversation". Give your voice a chance to directly go to the ears of your loved ones, rather than taking an indirect path of first going through the Satellite, getting processed over the "Server" and then coming back to earth to touch your beloved. Get out of the virtual world and live in the actual world for a little while. Get rid of your favorite laptop and your newly purchased BB or iP, and look around for real "Human". Its never too late- its never too late.
And finally for you mother: I am dying to see you and missing you intensely. I would hug you soon inshAllah just like the snow set on the trees, I would soon share your feelings that you have accumulated since last time we last saw each other, I would protect you from missing me, I would capture the smile that you would have on your face when you will see me on the airport and would wipe your tears that would be coming along accompanying your smile. Maaam, I am coming soon. (inshAllah)
