Rant 108: Let it be.

“Does it hurt?”, Anshika asked.

“Bonehead, obviously it would! Why would he be in pain then?”, Khyati told.

“Guys, can you just stop fighting and help me out here, please”, I pleaded.

“I never knew you were such a cry baby, come on it is just a pimple. Don’t try pulling this out else it will trouble you more and the mark would never go. Just let it be. it will become normal on it’s own”, Anshika said.

“Just that it’s right above your eyes, so it troubles you a little more. Just don’t keep touching it every now and then”, she continued.

Khyati stood there listening to her and mocking me for this. They were surely having a good time mocking me and showing how true a friend they were. Anyways, I asked them to leave if the case was so. My eyes felt heavy and the pimple (she told it was called stye) pricked up my head. I just lay down and tried to sleep.

It was around 6 days since I had this little pimple thing coming up. It had come up once last month too, but it had subsided on its own. Last week, I grew desperate and tried to just get rid of it. I guess that was not to be done. Because within a day or two, it swelled up into a bloat and has become the nightmare I was fearing. Whoever saw this, asked the same thing. Did you mess up with it? How was I supposed to even know, I shouldn’t have!

I have always heard this thing about pimples and wounds. Don’t mess up with it, else it worsens. They say, you leave it on its own, apply some cream or medicine above it. But don’t mess up with it. It has it’s own cycle of getting treated and if you mess it it gets more aggressive and will ruin the game for you.

The human civilisation has been so confused in giving life saving tips. Whereas some areas, they say, go and approach the problem. Get the healing you have to. It is in your hands. Don’t wait for it to heal, Heal it! And then there are these situations when it is said, just leave it. It will heal for itself. What a dichotomy!

While Anshika left, she warned me of dire consequences if I mess up with it anymore! haha! She said if you play around with it, it will get itself fixed for a longer time and will also leave a mark there forever. A mark which you wont be happy carrying around forever. Let is dry out on itself. It will be okay. She said.

I believe her. She is the most mature of all my flatmates. Not by age, but by experience. She has faced a lot of things in her life. She is a warrior in herself and we all admire her for being this brave and we hook up on her like little kids, all the time. You must see the way she gets irritated at the morning dining table. haha!

I went close to the mirror. Ouch! This thing really hurt. I reached my hand close to the eyelids and tried to touch it and feel the bump again.

“You wont listen to me, right? You would never do what I asked you to!”, I heard Anshika shout from behind!

I moved my hand to the head and started combing my hair then. I was caught! My bad! She always does catch all of us red-handed.

“Don’t do it please. Don’t keep touching it. It’s a small pimple and will go all by itself. If you keep tampering with it, it will burst and will take longer to heal and in most probabilities will leave a permanent mark there”, she said while she walked away for the office. 

This was a few years back. I still don’t tamper with what pains me. Most of the issues, I just let them go. Not that I knew of this art always, but now I do.

Let it be. 

Always Ranting, Rantzaada.