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They say that everything happens for a reason…

The weirdest thing happened to a friend of mine and me two days ago.

It was a Friday and I got off work around an hour early so I thought of dropping into my cousin’s place. I hung out with him, had a snack and then had to go pick up a friend from a meeting. My cousin also wanted me to pick up his laundry.

After picking up my friend we proceeded to Thummulla.

I left my friend in the car with the radio on and went over to collect the stuff. I gave the bill and waited for them to get the clothes. When I got to the counter to collect the laundry, the cashier tells me, it has not been paid for.

I didn’t have much cash with me and the cashier tells me that they don’t accept the Master Card! So I managed to scrape Rs. 250 from my wallet but find that I need Rs. 50 more…

So I call my friend and tell her to lock the car up and bring me Rs. 50… At that moment, I realized that I should probably tell her to take the car key with her… so I call her and walk out towards the car… and… to see… she HAS in fact locked the key in the car!

We were stunned at what just happened and did not quite know what to do!

I called a few friends but their phones were switched off or dead and then I called my mother because I knew that we had a spare key at home!

So she said she would come with it. The whole scenario happened around 6.30pm and it was soon to be dark. There we were… two girls just near the Thummulla round-a-bout holding laundry on hangers! (Picture it… rather odd… don’t you think?!!!??!)

In the mean time, we call a friend of ours and she and her driver joined us till my mother came. Her driver and a tuk tuk driver in the area tried to unlock the door but failed…

While we were standing there, as expected from Lankan men, we had cars stopping and staring and the odd comment here and there.

A friend of mine also happened to pass by on his way to the bank. He said he would return and see if there is anything he can do… “to help us ladies”… but he never did return! Oh! Well!

Around 45 minutes later my mother arrived with the key and we unlocked the door!

On our way home, we were wondering why on earth that freak scenario actually happened… Was it so that we would avoid and accident or that we were just meant to be there at that time… or was it for me to learn that I need to keep some extra cash with me or that it is highly unlikely that my car can be broken in to or is it that I should never leave the car with the key and my friend inside it???

Well, these are all possibilities… After all, everything happens because they have to… and the chances are that you will never really know why they happened… Oh! The irony of life!

I was watching the movie ‘Message in a bottle’ a few hours ago. Okay! So I must admit it was rather unrealistic and sad… and to an extent kind of corny but I am a strong believer that no matter how silly something seems on the surface, there is always something you can learn from it.

The movie was about three letters which were found in bottles. These bottles had floated across and appeared on the sea shore. Those reading the letters were touched by what was written in them.

So, my thoughts were… that words are powerful. They can mean so much. Something said can change your life forever and at the same time something not said, can do the same.

There are moments in life when you wonder why something happens. You also wonder what you can do to enhance that moment you have. But then, that moment goes away. And once it is gone… it is gone forever.

So here in comes the dilemma… do you take a chance and express what you feel??? Or do you play it safe and just leave it the way it is… so that you know your comfort zone will not be affected?

Going back to the movie, it was a sad ending simply because, of what was not said… the words were not said at the right moment… and thus… the love which could have been, was lost…

There is always regret… and that regret can cause a deep wound. There is a great chance as a result, that the wound will never heal.

So then, do you use the power of words to take that chance… for words have the power to heal, to hate, to love to say hello and goodbye…