Gerald D'Cunha

A dear friend called up a few minutes ago to give me Christmas wishes… “How did you spend the Christmas day Gerry?” he asked, “Hope you enjoyed.” How did I spend my Christmas day, today? Greetings and calls apart, my Christmas day was homebound. Actually, my wife, son and I spent our time with my in-laws, who live nearby to our place. When they were in good health, we would invite them to our place. Now, they cannot come. So, we meet at their place and spend the Christmas day with them. My father-in-law is in his eighties and my mother-in-law is in her seventies. We do not allow them to go out alone. They are not able to attend the Sunday Mass any more, the way they did for years, when their health was good. Last evening, my father-in-law expressed his desire to attend the Christmas Mass. Obviously, the night mass was not advisable… So, I assured him, that I would escort him to the church for the morning Mass today, which I did… It was a very satisfying ...

The flight of a mighty eagle is inspiring… The eagle calls me to the skies! But, even the mightiest eagle comes down to the treetops to rest! All great empires in the world-history, have come, lived and perished … So have their Emperors… All great nations have lived their time… So have their heads - the Presidents or the Prime Ministers… All great business-empires have had their time in the Sun… The tycoons had their life-span, too… Every great celebrity – the Superstar of movie and the music world – has lost his shine as Time went by… The rich and the famous, the high and the mighty… all of them came here, on this earth, with their respective ‘expiry date’ marked on them… They came carrying nothing… They went carrying nothing… Dust to dust… Ashes to ashes. Amen! Well, what is new in it? You know it, I know it… everyone knows it: That, we all came empty-handed to this world and ...