29th February... A Gifted Day!

29th Feb. is an unusual date as it occurs once in every 4 years and certainly known as the "leap day". But what is so special about this day?

I was sitting in my bed with a hot cup of strong coffee in my hand making a small list of chores to be finished off today. The college was off. I had completed reading a beautiful book by Preeti Shenoy last night and so the after-effects were still there. I was hoping to do something big, something that let's me be myself, something that makes me feel happy as well as my parents proud. No, I wasn't hoping to do it all in one single day but definitely to do it in the long run. Anyway, that's what happens to me after reading a book.
I have the willingness to be independent yet have a back from someone whom I can call my very own, to be loved and cared for yet show no signs of craving or lusting emotions, to have a heart which melts like a hot chocolate yet a strong unpersuasive mind. Well, that's me... A 20 year old confused girl with big dreams in her eyes and lots of love in her heart.

Anyway, as I was sipping my wonderfully refreshing cappuccino, I received a text from a friend "29th Feb.- don't let it pass like all other days! Happy Leap Day!!" and unintentionally I gave it a thought. I read the message again. Yes, it's an unusual day. We don't get this date every year then why not to do something unusual today? Something that separates my all other days from this special day. But what? I am still in dilemma.

Well, as I write this post, I do have something on my mind but that's a bit of impossible thing for me to do considering the place where I stay (hostel) and rules that I have to unfortunately obey. If I were living all by myself then I would have done it without giving any second thoughts. I would have lived this day like never before. Oh ofcourse I would have breathed the same air but I would have definitely done something huge. something that has to be done before I die. No, there is no such planned thing but I have a few things on my mind right now.

29th Feb. is a gifted day so I think of making a little change that proves to be a gift for someone, someday! No, I am not talking of planting a sapling that finally grows into a tree and serves our future generations. What I am talking of here is saving somebody's life. A lot of people should come forward and do this but I think there are very few Blessed souls who are actually able to do it.

I want to be an ORGAN DONOR. Becoming an organ donor means donating your organs after your death to someone who desperately needs them to survive. I don't know what organs are acceptable to be donated in India but I would love to give away every organ in my body to someone who is in a need of it. Be it heart, eyes, brain, kidney, liver, lungs, and even the smallest tissue, such as skin, bone, heart valves, cartilage. I would donate it all if that is possible.

May be I cannot do this now but today I am making a mental note of it AND then one day, very soon, I am going to do this. Signing up to donate your organs is the greatest gift you can give anyone in need of a transplant, so it's worth thinking about. And as far as spending this Leap Day is concerned, I will surely surf the internet to the core about organ donation and jot down every petty detail of how to get this done. I am making a change today, may be a small and unnoticeable change but I know how happy it makes me feel when I think I am going to save somebody's life someday!