I have poor
memory therefore I tend to forget the good and the bad times easily. What is
past is forgotten, each day I try my best that my present moment is good. Sometimes it is good to do a little churning of the brain, especially at the end of the year, to
understand the trials and triumphs that I have experienced during the year.
Therefore I am very happy that Blogadda has created this opportunity for me to
talk about it. ,
“I’m sharing my #TalesOf2015 with BlogAdda.”
My memory was
refreshed when I visited #2015BestNine to see the most liked Instagram
messages.
I started my
year 2015 with the pain in my ankle that appeared in December 2014 and was due to a fall on the slippery and
broken roads of Mumbai. Suffered the pain for first three months of the year,
went for operation in April and the pain continued post operation till the end
of the year.
I have
written many poems on pain during this year, especially when it was severe and
I could not bear its dominance over me.
Pain came..
like an unwanted guest
stayed for few days then
away it went
I didnt care
I had better things to do
didnt get time to pamper it
nor was there enough room
to accomodate it in my mind
I went on with my life
as if it were not there
it pinched my ribs
hammered my bones
left rashes all over my skin
like rowdy child
it created much uproar
starved of attention
it finally left
I am hoping
Pain never comes back...
like an unwanted guest
stayed for few days then
away it went
I didnt care
I had better things to do
didnt get time to pamper it
nor was there enough room
to accomodate it in my mind
I went on with my life
as if it were not there
it pinched my ribs
hammered my bones
left rashes all over my skin
like rowdy child
it created much uproar
starved of attention
it finally left
I am hoping
Pain never comes back...
Also cross-posted
on my poetry blog at ‘Random Thoughts’
However, it
did not succeed in stopping me from enjoyments.
I made a trip
to Pondicherry in month of January 2015 to attend the yoga camp. With one hand on a
walking stick and other hand on friend’s arm for support, I attended many Yoga events and also visited places of interest. I could have cancelled the trip,
but I was eager to meet a friend after thirty years, that was the incentive
for my courage to bear the pain. Friend did not disappoint because she was
by my side making my stay comfortable. Had I not taken this trip, I would have been home bound nursing my pain.
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| cross-posted at my blog |
March 2015 was
memorable month when I took 40 Special Children and staff from Swami Brahmamnad
Pratishthan for three-days-Camp to Poona at my family owned old-age-home, The
children had the best holiday ever touring around the city of Pune. It turned
out to be a religious trip because they went to many spiritual places. Lodging
and boarding was free and they came back with gifts and lots of good memories.
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| Cross posted on my Blog |
In April 2015, My good
friend from Indiana came to visit Mumbai, my friends and I planned a trip to
Mahableshwar. Although my movements were restricted due to my ankle pain, we
did share good times together. The weather was good, air fresh, lots of
greenery and seasonal fruits made the trip enjoyable.
June 2015, I
decided to go for ankle surgery hoping that I would be free from pain
July 2015, post
operation, my cousin from Lagos invited me to go to USA with her. This was
mainly a family bonding trip. My cousin was undergoing knee surgery in Chicago
and she needed some rest. We came to her rescue by taking over her
responsibilities of looking after the management of her home. My family is
spread over different parts of America. During my four months stay, I visited
cousins, travelling by road or air to Chicago, Indiana, Atlanta, Dallas,
McAllen, Houston and New York.It was a great trip, trying out various cuisine and seeing points of interest.
So, most of
2015 was spend travelling around with family and friends. I have realised that
people are most happy in their own home town. Living in Mumbai offers me the comfort
of having helper at home, ready take-away meals on my lazy days and loads of
friends and social events to keep me entertained. I felt my family living
abroad lead a very boring life, with just few selected friends, most of their
time is spent cleaning the house, cooking the meals and watching TV all day, Most
of the social events were either spiritual meetings or celebrating an Indian
festival. A place I found it impossible to live. I felt there was too much work
to do. But they seemed happy living in America and complained about India being
too crowded and polluted.
Another good
news I must share is that two of my students from our Special School at Belapur, CBD, represented India at special Olympics at Los Angeles and came back with one
Gold and one Silver in aquatic sports, making us proud. This gave our school a
brownie point and we have made plans to go ahead with our plans of starting a
residential centre for Mentally Challenged.
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| Cross posted on my blog |
During this
year, we were also able to get funds for buying a plot of land at rural area of Raigad district at Uran and
building a school for Mentally Challenged. Hopefully,
the building will be completed by next year and we will have one more centre in
Uran in addition to the school building we have at Belapur.
We also hope we
will be able to find a philanthropist who will help us buy another plot of land
at Kharghar to fulfil our dream of constructing a residential-cum-sheltered
workshop for special adults..
Looking back,
2015 has been a very blessed year. The pain in the ankle continued throughout
the year,(sometimes more, sometimes less) but it was not allowed to dampen my spirit of enjoying every moment.
Grateful to
my Lord for blessing me with caring family and friends who helped me ignore my
pain. I take this opportunity to thank the universe for blessing me.
Time has arrived to say goodbye to 2015. Looking forward to 2016 ready to
accept whatever is there in my destiny - no expectations, no disappointments,
Que sera sera!
No new year resolutions for me, I live each day and will try to enjoy the moment as it comes. I am aware, all days cannot be rosy and beautiful, there will be dark days too-of misunderstanding and disappointments....somedays writing will come to a halt..somedays I might pull my hair to let the words fall....there will be days when everything go wrong and some people will be unkind....
But everything is temporary....
I plan to pay more attention to good things in life and there are many.I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy New Year and happy times ahead....
