Gerald D'Cunha

  "The more grateful I am,  the more beauty I see." – Mary Davis   T his morning, I saw two posts, from two of my favourite people… The first one was from my surgeon friend, Dr. Sanjay Sonar. He is a super specialist in laparoscopic surgeries (Minimal invasion). Eight years ago, almost during this very Diwali time, he had performed two back-to-back surgeries on me. A cancerous tumor was, accidentally, detected on my right kidney. The kidney was surgically (with minimum cut) removed. Dr. Sonar is blessed with fine hands… and, within ten days, I was all set to get discharged from the hospital. But, during those last few days, a blood clot in my leg caused something called ‘Pulmonary Embolism’. I hadn’t heard about this condition, nor I wanted to know what it was… or how life-threatening it could be! Dr. Sonar quickly deliberated with other specialists and decided, that night, to rush me into the OT and perform another surgery… This time, he cut me open right from the ...

  “Don’t just count your blessings. Be the blessing other people count on.” –  Anonymous   E arly in the morning, today, a 14-year-old excitedly sent this message: “Happy B’day Sir. Have an amazing year ahead… Waiting to read your article about today.” I smiled… This young girl was not alone. Half a dozen of my well-wishers had already wished me… Some on 22 nd , and some on 23 rd … I replied to the 14-year-old: “HaHa… Madam, you may have to wait for today’s sun to go down, so that you can see the old man turning 68 tomorrow, that is July 24. Thank you dear for your wishes… I will treasure them well.” Well, now that this young well-wisher of mine says, that she is waiting to read my article on my b’day. She, like all others, wants me to have an ‘amazing’ year ahead… Several times, I have used the Zen quote: “Wherever you go, you carry yourself.” This means, that if I have not found the year that I am about to cross as an ‘amazing’ one –- that is, if...