Monday, 19 September 2011

Sharing another family's grief, to reduce our own.

SHARED THOUGHTS………..20.09.2011.                                                                                            ==================================                                                                                                                                    
As the 20th Sept dawns, it gets difficult to face the world without a veil....to mask our emotional under-currents….. for me and family, this is an inevitable imposition to live through the 20th night to 21st Sept..  and still be expected to remain,  tranquil and & calm and even smile..…  involuntarily, from the deep crevice of our memory, gushes forth,  the flash back of that dark day….
Today, we find, we are not alone facing the intensity of such trials & tribulations…!!
This dispatch is dedicated not just to the memory of our dearest son Lalit, who left us four years ago, this day midnight..… but also to a young Arjun (28), who was knocked down by a speeding cab on the night of 15th Sept 2011, at Bangalore….. both these fine young men, as with many others unknown to us, are robbed of leading a full life, at the peak of their youth .. when Life was just opening up in full bloom…  to that  family, we share their grief, knowing what it is like to go thru such sudden change in fortune…  living thru the metamorphosis from one day of joy, hope and ecstasy to another day of agony, despair, distress …. Being caught off-guard and in one split moment, the entire world of future belief lies shattered …
Death, they say, is just a door to another beginning… we should not be afraid of Death… yes, we are not afraid of Death..  but the inability to stop grieving, is just like banging our heads on the door, that opens only one way, which is a futile exercise.
Hence we learn to live...the hard way... and to smile again, look at life with renewed hope and faith…
 
Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow.
But it means that they have the ability to deal with it.
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So long as our memories are alive, those who have gone ahead of us,  are indeed……
Living In You

Some things in life never change,
Sometimes in life you don't find reasons,
Some moments in life aren't forgotten,
Sometimes you lose hope...
When time rolls by you to forget
What holds you on...

Some people in life are a part of you,
And when you let them go,
You never lose them.
Because... you find them living in you.... and living in many others, as well. 
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Yes, indeed … living in you.. and this is symbolized by those that are left behind.. in the case of our dear Lalit, it is his daughter…. As he would have said….
 I'll always need my daughter no matter what age I am. My daughter has made me laugh,  made me proud…...hugged me tight…... seen me fall…... cheered me on…. kept me going strong….. .and driven me crazy at times!  But my daughter is a promise from God that I will have a friend forever!
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To be fair to Destiny, we have our daughter who is blessed with her own daughter recently.... that makes it for us, two grand-daughters,  with a bright promise from God that we will have these three gifts, as friends forever, in our life...just as they are and will be great friends for their parents.

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From my archives....(Shared Thots.. of June.05.2005).

God didn't promise
days without pain,
laughter without sorrow,
sun without rain,
but He did promise
strength for the day,
comfort for the tears,
and light for the way

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Three great slogans of Charlie Chaplin…
Nothing is permanent in this world ; including my problem.
I like walking in the rain, because, nobody can see my tears.
If you complete a day without laughing, then that day is a total waste.
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Have a safe and enjoyable week, keep smiling, no matter what.
 
MOHANDAS. KP.
 

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