A Little-Known Heaven

Just as 2019 was about to end, my significant other and I thought it would be a great idea to visit a hill station to challenge our already frigid bearings here at Panipat at the peak of winter with the mercury dipping to a shivery 2 degC, and ended up discovering a little-known heaven, Morni Hills! I dedicate an entire article to this gem of a place not due to its enormity or popularity, both of which it isn’t, but due to the feelings associated with it.

From the dense fog hanging in between the mountain tops blocking out any view of the valley we had just traversed, to the breath-taking Tikkar Taal, surrounded by lush green slopes peeping out of the haze, as we serenely relaxed on a boat in the middle of the lake, the entire image of the place seems to have formed a wallpaper on my retina, that randomly floats around my head every time I close my eyes.

These are the times when I get philosophical about life, planning a peaceful retirement with my loved ones at a secluded locality surrounded by nature, neither too close nor too far from the rest of humanity... Hehe... And while future planning is good and definitely needed, I realized something important that day, as my wifey, waiting for our lunch gazing dreamily into the great yonder, casually mentioned that: “We spend so much time thinking about what’s ahead, but there’ll soon come a time when we’ll be pondering on our past looking upon our glory days as we age...”

When we’re at the beginning of our life’s number line, most times we just look forward, and as we near its end, we usually look backward, but what is missing in this equation is our present, which is our constant companion. I've seen professionals brooding over an elusive elevation, couples panicking to conceive, elderly Samaritans at wits end over their health, and a lot else. But the fact remains that when one has done everything there is to be done in his faculty, mulling over the outcome is utterly ineffectual. As the popular saying goes: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift”... So enjoy it! 

With our new found enlightenment at Morni Hills, we have started to pay more attention to our current bearings, treasuring the smallest moments of togetherness even more, and fully living even the simplest activities like driving down the freeway hand-in-hand into the setting sun or making a home fountain together with some bottles, plaster, paint and a pump, as the only component bought off the market. Gotta say my belle is quite the craftsman in spite of her busy schedule, designing complex 3D birthday cards, fancy newspaper holders and what not with nothing but scraps.

Oh well!... Enough said! It is the last 'teen-year' day of the 21st century...

WISHING A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR & WELCOMING YOU ALL TO THE TWENTIES!