Somewhere Over the Rainbow #6 (Members Only) - Page 56

Life is nothing but a journey between a Maternity Home and a Cemetery! Both the origin and the earthly destination are surprisingly the same and inevitable for everybody! ... but in between there is a life to live, traversing the crisscrossing paths ... some are winding and seemingly unending; and some are very short! ...but there is no escape from the journey! The longer the journey, the more we try to acquire and establish, the relationships, the material comforts etc. to have a comfortable existence!

Whenever I happen to cross the cemetery ---I watch the trees and flower bushes in its compound and always want to ask those flowers .."please tell me ...in whose foreclosed dreams you bathed yourself and got these beautiful colors ?---With whose imaginations and emotions you are developing and expanding your branches and listening to whose life stories narrated by the wild winds are you swaying your strong big stems, how many burials you stood as witness by day and by night, in sun and in rain? ...how many tender bodies buried there ...how many unfulfilled wishes mixed in that dust ..."---

But...but look at those buds and budding leaves from those dried branches ,and listen to the small birds' sweet ...melodious chirping, sitting on them...giving a new meaning to life ...a new lease of life !

That is sustainability !...Have to survive ...that is the zeal ...have to contribute to the betterment of the fellow travelers of this small life journey ...that is the real Bliss! ...a longing for peace ...a real meaning for our lives !!

A sound family structure would definitely help to face shocks and calamities in life. A strong family support acts as a safety valve against collapse of the mental state!

Tulasi...If there is a valley, there must be an adjoining peak too ! We have getup from the lows we are dumped in , and start ascending the highs and aim to reach the peak! We have to gather ourselves and sail along with our life's acquisitions, the little gifts God has given to us! We have to wait...we have to seek...and have to move forward. I am sure you are more confident and have more will power to sustain, than what you think ...to win over ... and finally would heave a sigh of relief with a victorious smile !...some challenges ought to be there ...some defeats we have to accept ...some win over situations will give us confidence ...for living ...for loving !!--Seetha