THE PROOF, THAT LIFE GOES ON... FRESH, RENEWED

 



“Perhaps, the earth could teach us…

everything would seem dead; then, be alive.”

Pablo Neruda

 

All of a sudden, since yesterday, I have been getting on my phone some old funny scenes from the popular TV show of the fifties – ‘I Love Lucy’. I don’t know how this ‘feeding things’ happen on our phones; but, sometimes, they happen for the right reason…

I remembered my wife the moment I heard ‘I Love Lucy’. For, she really, really loved Lucy and her hilarious escapades in her New York middle-class, rented apartment. Well, when the ‘I Love Lucy’ show was first aired in America (CBS) from 1951 to 1957, I wasn’t even born. And, my wife was born more than a decade later. The show began to be aired on our glorious B & W DD during the eighties, when my wife was a school girl… She just loved Lucy!

Thus, this morning, the first thing I did was to tell my  wife about her favourite Lucy… “Show me, show me,” she jumped. I showed her some scenes, and my wife was jumping… Her worry about her sugar-level fluctuations seemed to have disappeared and, a clean laughter from her belly seemed to serve as the best medicine for every ailment –   of the body, mind and the spirit…

Laughter has been robbed from our lives… Simple joy and hope seem to have been complicated. Yes, age, ailment, struggles, disappointments etc., come to eclipse our hearts…




A dear friend of mine, who lives in the UK, had her ailing, elderly parents back home here. For many years, she tried her best to give her parents the best love and care… It was tough on her to leave her own family, including her two girls, and come home so frequently to handle her parents’ hospitalization and other issues. Finally, in a span of couple of months, both parents passed away… But, both parents had to endure a great deal of suffering…

By the time my friend went back to her husband and children, she was drained of her energy and spirit. For some days, she stopped interacting with others, and we wondered, if she was okay…

Two days ago, my friend sent these pictures of the fresh produce of her lush-green orchard, with the line: “Sending you homegrown organic produce”…

 



 


I was relieved to hear from my friend and see those pictures. I instantly wrote to her:

“That’s the proof, my friend… that, Life goes on – fresh, renewed.”





Then, yesterday, another friend of mine (82), who lives in the US wrote to me:

“Yesterday, I wanted to photoshop my great granddaughter’s recent photo instead of asking the tech-savvy people at home, I navigated, played with the phone and, finally, did a fairly decent job of it. Felt immensely proud. And, this morning, I read your blog about spreading the wings. Now, I know, that even at the age of 82, I can still fly… I only have to spread my wings and try. Thanks friend.”

 

David Bowie says:

“It’s amazing how a new child can refocus one’s direction, 

seconds after its birth…

Everything falls into a feeling of rightness.”


God has given us the season of ‘Spring’ not without a reason… What looks like the end is only a new beginning… The Nature is the proof… the newborn is the proof…

Yes, even I love Lucy… For, I love to watch the laughter Lucy causes

in my wife’s belly…

 

GERALD D’CUNHA

Pic’s:  1 & 3 Pixabay   2. Rashmi Sondhi

Video: I Love Lucy

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