Lesson learnt from a Stranger

(to be continued.......1)
That night i was not able to sleep because i had thought of driving all i had, 
into telling her my feelings. 

It felt to me as if it was a do or die situation for me.

I feared that if i would not be able to sleep then how would i reach school on time and how would i tell her my feelings for which it took me centuries 
( centuries as if the time i took to grab my courage to tell her that i liked her was long enough to make me feel like it would have been centuries since i started liking her ).

Early morning mom was waking me up to get to school on time.......but i gained my consciousness and found an old man who was passing by that lane and stood to see me sitting there in a strange way . he asked me what was wrong me ?.......i just murmured that it was all messed up.

He just took my hand asked me what really happened that changed my life so abruptly . 
I actually wasn't interested in sharing my personal life with any stranger... i thought what would an old man like him wearing kurta pajama and all time praising god incentives for those who believe in him , and on that having a weird hairstyle,
What would he know about love and how it feels when a boy is dumped by a girl for whom she meant everything . 
I remained silent for quite a time when he started guessing on what could have been the situation , he started on inquiring whether i flunked in any exams or so......., had any quarrel with my parents or was it related to being ditched by a girl......suddenly my expressions changed when he guessed my situation rightly . 

So he marked my changed expressions on what could be the reason .

He showed me the white portion of my hand and asked what do you see ?????.........i replied that i could see lines on it .........more than that what else ?
.....i said nothing else i could see ........

He told me to turn my free hand into a fist , and asked what could i feel then ?
i could not imagine what was going on......what all he was trying to make me do and what outcome did it had .....and once it felt to me as if he was making fun of my emotions . 

I felt like a small kid who was made to concentrate on something else to distract him of the toy or thing he likes and desires to have and forces his parents to buy him but the parents just don't want to spend on that .
I said to the old man .......i feel like i held something in my fist . 

He said, "Okk then just set that thing free" ........

I opened my fist to set that thing free and i could feel to have lost something that i valued the most . 
I imagined what could that be which i was holding in my fist and which made me account for a valued loss .
For at least a short interval my facial expressions were changing swiftly . 
I could not make up how to react and was confused . i looked upon to the old man for the conclusion to my confusion , as he created that illusion and only he could satisfy my confusion .
(to be continued .......2)