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Vrittis & Waves's avatar

You are becoming more profound by the minute. I love reading your thoughts.

Rabia Williams's avatar

Thank you Prommila ✨

Abhishek Singh's avatar

needed to read this today. :)

Tatt Tvamm Asi's avatar

Very beautiful piece Rabia, loved reading it today. That “sparkle in the eyes” perhaps deep down we all have, just that we lose it playing ping-pong of greed, ego, anger, etc., with the world.

The Shrimad Bhagavatam has beautiful teachings around the bee 🐝 (madhukar: the honey maker). The bee takes tiny bits from the entire world, it works its whole life, hardly resting, and all that without owning anything for itself & accumulating it only to be eventually taken by others.

Perhaps that Gardenia was a gift from the bees, which in turn became a gift for the gardener to eventually gift it to God…. 🙏🏾

Truly a beautiful piece. Keep writing more 🙏🏾 🙏🏾

Rabia Williams's avatar

Thank you AJ ☺️. So nice of you to share the reflection on bees. We know most things but we forget, or rather the world makes us forget.

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Meera is worried about money and career and Raghav is watching caterpillars and talking to himself ? 😬 nothing wrong though reverse gender roles ❤️

Swati Thakur's avatar

Beautiful story and a dreamy couple plus a very important lesson 🫶🌷💕

Rabia Williams's avatar

Thank you,🤩 Swati. Surely it was easy to write but harder to practise.

Arvind Patil's avatar

Thanks Rabia, so you are living up to the expectation of polymath ;). So beautiful and keep up your short story experiments, IDK, this is first story I read, it came out really well. Thank you.

Rabia Williams's avatar

Oh my God Arvind polymath is a big word 😁. When I think about a polymath, I think about great people like Swati Thirunal. But I am thankful for the appreciation and kindness of it. Yes, I plan to write more short stories ☺️

Dr. Prajna's avatar

Beautiful story and a profound lesson Rabiya 🫶

Rabia Williams's avatar

Thank you Prajna ❤️

Priyanshu Raj's avatar

Work politics is the absolute worst, so i completely feel Meera's frustration here. seeing Raghav get so hyped over a tiny white petal is just the sweetest wholesome contrast though.. loved reading this Rabia..🥰

Rabia Williams's avatar

Thank you Priyanshu. How are you so awesome, reading all your subscribers' posts?

The work thing resonates with a lot of people I know including myself and the gentle side of a man is so underrated these days. I wanted to bring them both back to our world ❤️

Priyanshu Raj's avatar

Haha thank you and to be honest i’m just here to read good writing and scribble down my own thoughts whenever I can, so following along with posts like this is the best part. You brought out both those themes so naturally in the story..❤️

Vishal Joshi's avatar

Wow... Your article is wonderful... I suddenly feel so refreshed... Thanks for sharing

Rabia Williams's avatar

So happy to read this. I don't think I have received a more beautiful compliment for writing Vishal.

Vishal Joshi's avatar

Keep Writing... All the best!

Ayesha | Foodie and Traveler's avatar

The special Indian nod is talked about a lot outside of India. These little moments at home aren’t! Beautifully written!