COURAGE

Girija is a friend of mine at work...She was once a homemaker, whose husband was an officer in a nationalised bank..they have a daughter. The husband was transferred to Assam..and the mother and daughter were living at their native place. One day while he was returning to Assam from a holiday , in the train, he breathed his last...god knows what happened...He had a heart attack.



The mother and daughter were devastated...The bank gave his job to his wife on compassionate grounds..The mother daughter duo picked up the threads of their lives and started living..Then disaster struck again...the girl had brain tumor...because of which the smart girl that she was, turned to be a dullhead..she lost her speech and sense slowly..They went to Chithirai Thirunal Hospital, kerala to operate on the girl and after a lot of trouble, she was saved. They returned to their native place in tamilnadu and the mother resumed her duties in the bank. She locks up her daughter everyday before coming to work. The girl is slowly recovering.



Recently, on a saturday girija was working as a cashier ( the usual cashier being on leave).With the festival season in place, the crowd in the bank was unreasonable..in the bargain, dont know how..she somehow lost Rs 50,000/-



Every one present in the bank tried to help her trace the money..but to no avail...at the end of the day, she had to take a loan from a friend and replace the funds in the bank...



I saw her crying that day in the cubicle...



But I was dismayed....when on monday ...I saw the lady briskly entering the bank and going to her desk to start working...there was no trace of pain or trouble on her face...she was her usual self smiling and attending to customers...



I was relieved to see this...Actually girija had moved forward...in her life...she had left behind her pain and troubles and decided to let bygones be bygones, having learnt a bitter lesson...



I admired her COURAGE then....



I feel god selects people with courage to give pain...She is indeed an example...of LIFE itself.



I learnt a lesson...that day.

CONVICTION!!

Success and failure are two sides of the same coin, but I always wonder, why is someone successful and why someone is not...



I feel one has to have a conviction, a belief in ones own abilities, faith and willingness to do hardwork. These are the prerequisites for success..



I always used to tell the kids, suppose you know there is a treasure in an area...what would one do...just keep digging at different places ..but I feel, if a person digs in just one place, with a conviction that he will find the treasure there, no matter how deep, he is sure to find the treasure..



This I feel is the trick to success..no matter what, never tire, do the same work with conviction and success is bound to touch your feet..and sour your spirits high in the sky...

COMPENSATION

I once read an essay by EMERSON on Compensation!



It was at a time in my life when I was down and out..having lost everything in my life, my anchor, my friend, philosopher, guide, my partner...



It was then that a well meaning friend gave this essay to read!



Emerson in his essay said...Life always comes back in a circle, It compensates! for what it takes away...There is always a hightide for a low tide..There is always a day after a night, and look at the seasons! Everything in nature is a balancing act...



It was a very comforting feeling to know that a compensation was on its way to me...I waited for it and believe me I got it....



I once went to a christian convention, where I heard someone say..God has a plan for you..and everything happens according to the plan..so no use worrying...If you think god punished you for something...be happy atleast god chose you for that...and as a mother always comforts a child after reprimanding, so also the god ..so wait for your turn...



I looked forward for the comforting, and before long, and till date am enjoying the love of god...



I do not feel bitter about life..I strongly believe life is a journey, a train journey...you have your co-passengers, who alight when their destination comes, some others board the train and remain with you till their station comes...



Life is easy, if only you let it be......

AROUND THE BEND WE WILL MEET!

Here I am! wishing I were dead too...

The world came crashing , one day,

leaving me standing by,


God took away a flower in his garden,

my soulmate! my love!

we journeyed together for a decade and half,

grew up together, loved and faught together,

now I am helplessly gazing standing by.


The girls hanging on to their mom,

relieved atlast that the agony has ended,

Pain taking over their dad, the screams! the cries

now will not echo in the young ears...

seeing a withering form, day in and day out

they stood mutely standing by....


The society didnt leave me free,

the tag of a widow came very easy

the red kumkum was denied very cruelly

I wept, at their mercilessness...

couldnt do a thing, was lost, standing by..


The world was an easy place to live

till the shadow of his self left me

then came the blank calls

to scare me,and get me running!

but i lived on..with his spirit standing by..


The girls grew up, turned the clock forward...

beautiful damsels, made us proud

I lived for them, smiled for them

and thus moved, the LIFE, with us standing by....


Today the young birds have left the nest,

with their chosen ones,to make their own,

now I await my turn, to be with him

waiting for my love, standing by...


Around the bend we will meet,

were his last words...

and till we meet, I will live! standing by..