AM I TRYING TO BE STRONGER THAN I FEEL?
“I am exhausted from trying to be stronger than I feel.” –Unknown “I t's a good thing that when God created the rainbow, He didn't consult a decorator;” said Sam Levenson, “or, He would still be picking colors.” Yesterday, during the lunch break, I asked one of the trainers (who headed the primary section of one of the Vibgyor schools in Mumbai, “Ma’am, how do you pronounce your school name?” Now, I knew some students who studied in this well-known school. I, also, knew some school counselors and parents associated with this school. Moreover, I have been a teacher for over four decades… and, here I was: asking, with all my innocence (please do not call it ‘ignorance’!), this lady trainer, “Ma’am, how to you pronounce your school name?” So kind on her part, she never made me feel, that I was a dumb idiot… “VIBGYOR’ She said. “Those are the colours of rainbow.” Explained, happily, another male trainer, “...