Being sensitive

If there is one thing I don't like about myself (I have a list), it is being sensitive. Now I don't mean this only emotionally. I am a very sensitive person, little things make me happy like a child and at the same time, something gone wrong can upset me. I don't like it when people are unkind-- especially because I try not to hurt anyone. In fact, if at all, I'm always asking the other person -- tumhe bura toh nahin laga, because some people can stand chamchagiri but not outright honesty. Over the past few years though, I have become a bit cynical, having got fed of sometimes being taken for granted and thus, some people have had the misfortune of being at the receiving end after antagonising me!! Now it's not as sharp as it sounds, I do it only with people I really care about. They deserve to know they are behaving badly :) Like a typical Sagittarian, I'm often misunderstood.

But here I'm actually talking about being sensitive - literally body wise!! Sometimes I sit and wonder why God made me this way! A hint of pickle or lemon or something cold affects my throat, change in temperature aggravates my sinus, the AC affects me more than my neighbours, I don't like mountain journeys because I feel giddy, I get a stomach ache if I eat out too often or gorge on the yummy samosas in the canteen on late shifts -- the list is seemingly endless. But the point here is I didn't choose to be like this. This is the way I am and this post is meant to hit out at all those who think these things are all "nakhras". Well, dude, they are not! You were not the one with me when I had my first major sinus attack, just before my pre-boards in class 12 when I was on antibiotics for days. If it doesn't happen to you, don't think it doesn't hurt or its' not important enough . One person has actually said to me -- sinus, woh kya hota hai, zukhaam hi toh hai, ismein kya badi baat hai? Well, boss, you don't know the pain so don't even bother! To quote a much-used proverb -- the wearer lies where the shoe pinches..

This is just to set the record straight -- I don't make fun of anyone's problems or their pain and I expect others to reciprocate likewise. It's not asking for too much, is it? Here's wishing everyone good health!