Struggling for a Foothold

Today I was so disgusted with all the people in the world….it seems they have their petty things to do and they give a damn about the rotten system. They promised to support you in the endeavor to revolutionize the crumbling system but back out without informing. The meeting was scheduled at 4:00 pm at Coffee Home. I reached half an hour before to arrange for the meeting. Me and Nidhi were expecting four new faces in this meeting. I was waiting alone and Nidhi to join me at 4:00. At 3:45 I got a message from one expectant that 'I can’t come because I don't have an off '. He knew this beforehand…can’t he message me the previous day? Exactly after ten minutes, another person whom I was hoping to come called and said that her cousin has been hospitalized, she’s with her. I thought all right, two must be coming but before another thought came up in my mind…another two messages and back to ground zero…nobody turned up. It was 4:12 pm and l was feeling anguish and my mind was in mayhem. I called Nidhi and told her about the situation. She asked me to meet at CCD Rajiv Chowk. I headed towards CCD. While walking through the crowd, the only thing that occupied my mind was the long and difficult road ahead. I was not looking at the people walking by but thinking about the struggle that has been started. I didn’t realize that a drop of tear ran down my cheek. I brushed it off with the back of my hand. As soon as I reached CCD, I tried to find solace in the warm ambience of CCD and a romance novel by Nora Roberts. When Nidhi came, I vented out all my anger, disgust and annoyance. She’s the one who always listens to me and reassured me. We had a cup of coffee and muffin. That certainly calmed my tensed nerves. Then with a self assured smile we chalked out our agenda for the next meeting.