1. What if you lose your vision (not eye sight) in the hustle bustle of everyday life?
2. What if all the moral premises you held sacred are actually pointless?
3. What if every valued relation you trusted are actually farces?
4. What if you start dreading those few lonely minutes every night (just before falling asleep) because the silence of the hour accuses you of sinking into mediocrity?
5. What if you get into that monstrous lethargy where even the very act of wanting something requires effort?
6. What if everything you are doing is because it is expected of you, and not because you want to do it?
7. What if you realize you are not living, but just biding time with every passing minute?
8. What if there is no tomorrow?
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
The most romantic gesture ever...
One of my aunts was ill recently. After the regular tests, the docs found out that she is now a border-line diabetic. She has been advised to cut down on carbohydrate intake, exercise moderately and is starting with medication soon.
My aunt apparently is a huge foodie. She enjoys good food and never misses a single festivity anywhere. She is one of the favorites in the family, known for her wise cracks, witty remarks and incomparable knack of imitating people. She always has us in splits when narrating funny anecdotes from her heydays.
Diabetes does not deserve a second thought these days. But my aunt was depressed and very unhappy with the new changes she was required to adopt, and that made it seem like something severe.
After the reports came, my uncle (her husband) gave up sugar. He now prefers sugarless coffee/tea and has drastically cut down on sweets. He goes on long walks with her everyday where (he confessed this) they talk about their time together so far, about the trials and tribulations they have faced together, their promotion in life from being a newly wed couple to becoming parents, to parents-in-law and grandparents recently.
Out of curiosity, I could not help asking my uncle what he feels when people around tease him for treating his wife like a new bride even after thirty plus years of marriage. His answer was a sweet smile, all he said was, “you will understand as you grow up.”
Somehow I knew I’d witnessed the most subtle and yet, the most romantic gesture ever.
My aunt apparently is a huge foodie. She enjoys good food and never misses a single festivity anywhere. She is one of the favorites in the family, known for her wise cracks, witty remarks and incomparable knack of imitating people. She always has us in splits when narrating funny anecdotes from her heydays.
Diabetes does not deserve a second thought these days. But my aunt was depressed and very unhappy with the new changes she was required to adopt, and that made it seem like something severe.
After the reports came, my uncle (her husband) gave up sugar. He now prefers sugarless coffee/tea and has drastically cut down on sweets. He goes on long walks with her everyday where (he confessed this) they talk about their time together so far, about the trials and tribulations they have faced together, their promotion in life from being a newly wed couple to becoming parents, to parents-in-law and grandparents recently.
Out of curiosity, I could not help asking my uncle what he feels when people around tease him for treating his wife like a new bride even after thirty plus years of marriage. His answer was a sweet smile, all he said was, “you will understand as you grow up.”
Somehow I knew I’d witnessed the most subtle and yet, the most romantic gesture ever.
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