Ladies and Gentlemen!! I have been with her all my life or may be more if you believe in reincarnation. Some of you have known her longer than I have; some of you have loved her more than I have. She is a sweetheart most of the times but sometimes she is really tough. She can be real PIA if you don’t take care of her. She has been quite fair to me almost always. In my journey with her I got a loving family, best of my friends, a few of my enemies, happiest of moments, saddest of days, tons of experience, a lot of smiles, some kisses and much more.
I have always been grateful to God for her even though there have been times when I just wanted to get rid of her and go away to some other world. But I know being with her has given me hope, a desire to do better and better always. She has been best of my teachers, dearest of my friends.
I was 18 when she first taught me what is a failure and more importantly how to get over it. She taught me how important it is to get up after every fall. She made me face it over and over again just to make sure that I understood the concept and believed in it.
I was 19 when she first taught me about love, those crazy moments; she made me feel that I was on top of the world. But in less than a year she gave me my first break up. Phew!! It was horrible, but with time she healed all my wounds and she repaired my broken heart like brand new. After many such incidents I think my heart has learnt to heal itself .
With time she taught me how important it was to be friendly, to know people, to help them, to bring one smile on someone’s face. She made me realize the importance of every moment that I have got and she has given me every chance to make most of it.
When she was not so nice to me she laughed at me, she mocked me, she kicked me in the scariest of places. She has thrown me outta my way many times but every time when I was about to lose it, her helping hand reached out to me for help.
All this while she never came to me to say that I should take care of her, that was for me to realize. She never told me it was very important to have a passion to thrive, it was for me to realize. She never told me that my friends and family were important; it was for me to realize. But she always gave me a chance then one more and then one more to realize all this.
And today, Ladies and Gentlemen !! I want to thank her , for all she has done. A toast for Life. My life, I would live to make you better and worthwhile.
Friends !! Raise your glasses, a toast to life.
A time to say that despite all, we're still here.
A time to say that we will keep doing the dance of life
A time to remember those we lost
A time to give the finger to death.
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
Let’s drink to a good life in the years ahead.
Cheers !!
