Once in a hundred years

I woke up as usual this morning, my brother screaming "Wake up! Wake up", from the bottom of the stair case. I stretched a little bit, rubbed my eyes. I wanted to sleep longer, but I dragged myself out of bed, scrambled towards my cellphone that I leave far away from me.

"5 new messages" it read, between last night when I checked last, and now. A smile struck my face. I like the feeling when i find messages waiting to be read. I opened my inbox, and sleepily read them all. All talking about the date- 10. 10. 10.

I have to admit, I'm guilty of getting a kick out of finding a pattern in the time or date, and I was definitely excited. But I didn't feel any particuliar difference, neither did I look unusual, or find anything out of the ordinary.

And yet, the papers had pages about the date, the effect of the heavenly bodies on the mortals on this day, predictions about the life of those born today, mass weddings across the globe, what to do, what not!
This particuliar date was incredibly conspicuous.

"We won't witness it again for another hundred years". These words were obvious, but they struck me all the same. How many of us are going to live to actually see another '10.10.10'?

But then, what's the big deal about not witnessing one either?
What if it was just a way for us present habitants of the planet to feel good and look forward to something.

Not witnessing a '10.10.10' is not going to harm us, not going to particularly affect us in any way. I thought of the people who didn't know, and the tribes in dense forests, far from civilization. A handful  may be bothered about the alignment of the stars or the planets, but this won't strike them at all if they don't know about it!
It's going to be just like any other day.

Then the hundreds of couples tying the knot today. Next year, they'll be saying to each other "Happy Anniversary to you both", and getting a "To the both of you too!" as a reply! To them, this date will mean pretty much everything.

Some people started new ventures, planned this day to absorb all it's 'positivity' to the maximum. Tried to extract every second of it with some or the other fruitful work.

But there are a lucky few, who have no idea about this special date, but are trying to do something unique or powerful anyways.

Because after all, this date will be enjoyed "once in a hundred years", but every single day we live is once in a life time!