Today K, came to see me. K is much younger to me and new in the city. He calls me Didi and treats me so. K is a guy who loves to walk. I cannot meet people in malls and restaurants anymore. The energy suffocates me. We decided to go to Sunder Nursery. But it was closed. Humayun Tomb had too long a line. So we went to Chilla Gaah. Like always it was beyond serene. K talked about Artificial Intelligence. He said that it may take over Humans someday. Because the boundaries humans will create the AI will break. But can it ever go to Chillah Gaah and feel the love that is so powerful that it breaks your heart. And you want to cry in joy. So, AI might dominate us, but we will be blessed with our imperfections. And so shall survive.

K and I visited Nizamuddin and had some chicken tikka. Post that I wanted to just walk. I did not know where but took the road towards Humayun Tomb. The crowd became thinner and thinner. The Sky had some golden streak. The trees were breezing. We almost ended up at Damdama Sahib. I did not know, the roads will lead there. Sat for the Gurbani. Breathed in its silence and essence. On the way back, we found Patta Baba Dargah. Went in just to offer my gratitude. Been so long I visited it. Almost 8 years. That Dargah has a tree, which is 750 years old, which was planted by Patta Baba. It is said that if you eat one leaf and ask for a wish it comes true. The Maulvi ji told me about the history and the miracles of the Dargah. I went to the grave with him, where he gave me a leaf to eat with a Batasha. I ate. But did not know, what to ask for. I just thanked him for being with me for so long. For breathing in my lungs when I could not. Today there was no wish to ask for. What do you ask from the ones who always give and stay in your skin.

On our way back, we saw a peacock. My heart was so full of joy, seeing it. K, told me about the book,' The subtle art of not giving fuck." K said that happiness is a reverse process. When you don't seek, you are. I kept looking at the peacock.

K said, " Di, you have cracked the happiness code " I don't know, I just went for the joy of walking. I did not ask for anything else. And beauty showed up. And my heart swelled in gratitude.

K strongly feels, I have broken the happiness code. May be. I don't know. That I am alive now and could be joyous seeing a peacock is enough for today. I am humbled that a peacock crossed my way. Post that I took an auto and K took the metro and we called it a day. A beautiful day.

New Delhi, 2018

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