WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME?
“Why does life keep
teaching me lessons
I have no desire to
learn?”
Unknown
Well,
it feels nice when we hear someone say, “We come with empty hands, and we go
with empty hands.”
Nice thought… Reality
of life… Nobody is exempted from this reality… Yes, we all know this. Still, none
of us seems willing to let go easily… leave behind our possessions when we go. The
question seems to surface: “What’s the use of slogging so hard, all my life? What
is the use of all the sacrifices? Why should I return empty-handed?”
Last afternoon,
a gentleman was asking me the same question: “It’s hard to return, leaving
behind the very thing I had come here for,” he was telling me with pain. He and
his wife had settled for several years in one of the Middle East countries.
Both had jobs there. Their only son is expected to write his 12th Standard
Board-exams, soon. The wife passed away some months ago leaving her husband and
son in deep sorrow. They know, that life has to go on and time will mend all
broken hearts in due course. But, but, but… “Why should it happen to us?” – Yes,
this doesn’t go easily.
“I have resigned
from my Job and am planning to wind up things here,” the gentleman said to me,
last evening, “But, I am unable to come to terms with the reality, that I have
to leave behind the things my wife and I had been so diligently setting up here
for years.”
I could only
give the gentleman a patient, empathetic ear. But, seeing his problem from
outside the ring, I knew, the earlier he made peace with the reality, the
better it would be for him and his son…
My
Mom’s youngest sister (Cecilia) and her husband lived peacefully for over
twenty-five years in Kuwait. They both worked as nurses in the same hospital,
raised three children who went to school there… When they had come to India on one
of their holidays, Saddam Hussein had conspired to invade this peaceful county,
Kuwait. Trust me, my aunt’s family could neither go back ever since, nor bring back
anything they had built there over so many years. Meanwhile, back home, uncle
passed away, children got married… Life went on… and it is still going on!
As I write this,
let’s think of the life of millions of families caught in the crossfire of war
and conflict everywhere around the world… Let’s think of the families caught in
the merciless ravage of tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes and cyclones…
Let’s think of millions of people who had to leave behind everything and come to India, or go to Pakistan – when our country’s partition took place!
Life went on… It
is still going on…
We need to
follow suit, Sir…
The early that
happens, the better it is for us…
Life is still
beautiful… There is still so much here, for which, we need to go down on our
knees and say, “Thank you, Lord.”
GERALD
D’CUNHA
Pic’s: Pixabay
Video: Happily
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