This is dedicated to all the people around me or far who suffer from a life threatening disease. It is so easy to relate to someone who is close to you, what one must be suffering. But it is so difficult to think about someone who is not at all related to you. The very fact that, tragedies don seem inevitable unless it happens to you comes so alive in such situations.
Today, one of my classmate's grand mom went for her heavenly abode. He was so sad, and the way he expresses was that she was so fit when he was back in India just 10 days ago. How uncertain life seems then. It takes a great deal of heart to go through the sense of loss of someone whom you would have hung around, talked, shared hopes, joy and sorrows... all these small bits and pieces of life. Sudden, vacancy in life. And this is all when your life really did not revolve around that one person. I cannot even imagine the pain on loss of your own sibiling, son, daughter, mom or dad. It would be so horrible. And when I think all this, I think about my dad and my mom, both of them now a permanent sufferers. My dad suffers from Chronic Kidney Disease and my mom has multiple things including ulcers, arthritis, tumor and diabetes. I just close my eyes for a second and cudn't bear the darkness. I just cannot make through a single day without the hope of future. The old age doesn't look so promising when you think that your life has been failure, the sense that you really could not do enough. And here at the stage, you again stand crippled. Its all age ! My friend said, that his adviser was detected breast cancer and it is at an early stage. She has two young kids, and the news come as shocking. And certainly I am not in a position to judge her pain when she is only 35 and is a young professor with so many hopes from her life. The hopes of seeing her children grow and making it a life worth living. All I can do is contemplate over what she must be thinking ! and in a sense like others pass a judgement that Ohh Bad ! its so tough. Well, when we talked I think I tried to make a point that its tougher at old age when you do not hope for anything else. To which few think that atleast you would be satisfied that you lived your life and you accomplished ! Certainly if that's true. But so many people live discontented and struggle throughout their lives. And after struggling at the end when you face a situation where you see the end results of struggle are yet another disappointment in life then what ? Should the life be easy to bear ? Whatever is left ? I do not think that is easy too. And I would not consider young age to be tougher than old age when you are capable of so many possibilities. When you have the energy to fight back ! What about those old people who cannot even walk ? Or cannot dream ? Just because they are 70 does that mean that they loose privilege of still dreaming or hope ? or does it mean that you are only allowed to live happily till you are 70 or 75 ? What about their rest of life - whatsoever is left ? Does it not matter that whatever life they are left with they should have the highest privilieg of living it the best ? Why this discrimination about age ? What if I am70, I do still want to dream and do not want to cripple my life and it is as much a disappointment to life as much as it is for a young age. May be I can think this, because I interact with a sick man , my Dad everyday. It hurts to feel helpless to be not even infuse any sense of hope. Where even if you say to the person that you are alive.. he/she responds as a lifeless body ! All he/she sees is an inevitable future which will be more crippled than this and he will not be able to do anything about it. I think its the hope that keeps us alive. And anyone who is old, he/she should not be made felt that he has already lived his life.
Life without Hope is riskier than any other disease of the world !. So, I wish and I hope that whosoever is sick and at whatever stage of life, people do not kill the hope.. don ever say to an old parent that you have lived.. tell that you are alive and you have many years of hope.. you have so many possibilities left.. And hope would make everyday brighter , the human will to fight for life makes life worth living. All other achievements are mere a dash between the years you lived.
A Salute to all the people living and fighting to live. Live, laugh and inspire.
Today, one of my classmate's grand mom went for her heavenly abode. He was so sad, and the way he expresses was that she was so fit when he was back in India just 10 days ago. How uncertain life seems then. It takes a great deal of heart to go through the sense of loss of someone whom you would have hung around, talked, shared hopes, joy and sorrows... all these small bits and pieces of life. Sudden, vacancy in life. And this is all when your life really did not revolve around that one person. I cannot even imagine the pain on loss of your own sibiling, son, daughter, mom or dad. It would be so horrible. And when I think all this, I think about my dad and my mom, both of them now a permanent sufferers. My dad suffers from Chronic Kidney Disease and my mom has multiple things including ulcers, arthritis, tumor and diabetes. I just close my eyes for a second and cudn't bear the darkness. I just cannot make through a single day without the hope of future. The old age doesn't look so promising when you think that your life has been failure, the sense that you really could not do enough. And here at the stage, you again stand crippled. Its all age ! My friend said, that his adviser was detected breast cancer and it is at an early stage. She has two young kids, and the news come as shocking. And certainly I am not in a position to judge her pain when she is only 35 and is a young professor with so many hopes from her life. The hopes of seeing her children grow and making it a life worth living. All I can do is contemplate over what she must be thinking ! and in a sense like others pass a judgement that Ohh Bad ! its so tough. Well, when we talked I think I tried to make a point that its tougher at old age when you do not hope for anything else. To which few think that atleast you would be satisfied that you lived your life and you accomplished ! Certainly if that's true. But so many people live discontented and struggle throughout their lives. And after struggling at the end when you face a situation where you see the end results of struggle are yet another disappointment in life then what ? Should the life be easy to bear ? Whatever is left ? I do not think that is easy too. And I would not consider young age to be tougher than old age when you are capable of so many possibilities. When you have the energy to fight back ! What about those old people who cannot even walk ? Or cannot dream ? Just because they are 70 does that mean that they loose privilege of still dreaming or hope ? or does it mean that you are only allowed to live happily till you are 70 or 75 ? What about their rest of life - whatsoever is left ? Does it not matter that whatever life they are left with they should have the highest privilieg of living it the best ? Why this discrimination about age ? What if I am70, I do still want to dream and do not want to cripple my life and it is as much a disappointment to life as much as it is for a young age. May be I can think this, because I interact with a sick man , my Dad everyday. It hurts to feel helpless to be not even infuse any sense of hope. Where even if you say to the person that you are alive.. he/she responds as a lifeless body ! All he/she sees is an inevitable future which will be more crippled than this and he will not be able to do anything about it. I think its the hope that keeps us alive. And anyone who is old, he/she should not be made felt that he has already lived his life.
Life without Hope is riskier than any other disease of the world !. So, I wish and I hope that whosoever is sick and at whatever stage of life, people do not kill the hope.. don ever say to an old parent that you have lived.. tell that you are alive and you have many years of hope.. you have so many possibilities left.. And hope would make everyday brighter , the human will to fight for life makes life worth living. All other achievements are mere a dash between the years you lived.
A Salute to all the people living and fighting to live. Live, laugh and inspire.
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