When Life seems a maze, when too many things are happening,
when you feel overwhelmed with too much to do, too many people to please, when
you just feel like wanting all that you are going through to end, or want to
run away from it all….PAUSE, take a deep breath….and look for an inspiration
that will put things back, and definitely your Life’s context, in perspective!
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| Anand and Ivy: A beautiful companionship |
I found my inspiration this Monday morning in a recent issue
of Open magazine. There’s a very
moving story in it of a former Indian Navy officer Anand Singh, 59, and his
wife Ivy. After a motorbike accident 23 years ago, Anand has been rendered
completely special and has become immobile and is confined to his bed. Ivy, who
had been married to him barely three years when the accident took place, has
been caring for him all these years. She brushes his teeth and bathes him
daily. What I could make out from the story is that Anand is unable to move his
limbs or his body and is not even able to speak. Yet whenever he is asked who
he loves most, he looks at Ivy. Ivy runs a school in Meerut where the couple
live. Ivy confesses that she does feel despondent sometimes, especially when
the thought of Anand not being with her for too long strikes her. Two months
ago, Anand had to be on ventilator support for a few days. Although their home
looks like an ICU, says Ivy to Open,
she feels her Life would be incomplete without Anand.
The beautiful story of their companionship shook me awake! When
I placed my Life and its challenges in the context of Ivy’s and Anand’s I
actually felt guilty and sheepish. Often times we do get consumed by our
problems that we obsess about them all the time. We pity ourselves and quickly plunge
into depression. Or we take our angst out on people and things around us,
forever being grumpy and angry with our worlds. Looking around and pausing to
reflect on the lives of other people is the perfect antidote to self-pity and
frustration. Each of our stories is unique. Each of us has problems. And the true
nature of our lives is that they will go on despite our problems. Intelligent
living is about us too going on with our lives, as they are, choosing to be
happy, despite our circumstances!
Whatever it be that you are facing just now, pause, smile,
and think of Anand and Ivy, and celebrate your Life, your love and theirs! That’s
a sure way to make this Monday morning memorable!
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