There is a popular Indian ad by Raymonds, where they highlight the touch of the fabric and its tag line says "Feels like Heaven, Feels like Raymond". Quite an interesting notion... Makes you wonder if heaven would really feel only as good 😊.
More than a decade ago, I had embarked on my first international trip and was introduced to the wonderful land of California. There were a lot of things to learn right from the accent (thanks to the series "Friends" it wasn’t much of an issue), driving, cooking and managing the temperamental weather changes. I have had days when in a matter of a few kilometres, I have seen sunny, windy, rainy and snowy climate on the same road. That’s just one of the many wonders of that state. What was the most challenging was getting used to the layers of clothing and managing them. The key word there was "feels like". You could have a sunny weather and still be shivering in the cold under your jacket or be playing in the snow and be perfectly comfortable. One of my friends told me always look at the feels like temperature.
Life moved on and I even got used to the winters in Melbourne as well, but the feels like stuck on. Not only in the weather app but in life as well. Emotions, relations, friends, family. There are relations where even after years of togetherness there is no attachment and some who have stayed apart for decades and you still know them like the back of your hand. All people and relations change, but some people live and grow in your heart. They change as life moulds them and somehow their impressions grow and change in tandem as well. What is truly comforting is the fact that the distance didn’t rust or wear off the relation. There is a dialogue in Aandhi, that goes, "Woh rishta hi kya jo hath chhutne se tut jaaye". It means that a good relation doesn’t break off just because you were apart. Now that, my dear, is what feels like a connection.
Whether you are right next to me or millions of miles away, whether I talk to you daily or not for ages, whether I remember what you looked like or not at all, when its right it just truly feels like heaven...
