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“She’s dying Bob,” said the voice over the phone.
“Get her into the hospital,” I said.
“She doesn’t want to go!”
“She has to go,” I said.
“She says she is ready to die!”
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Was driving down a silent road, when I heard the sound of loud music, and found another car drawing up close, with windows down and music-full blast. Suddenly the peace I was enjoying was broken by the cacophony of noise, and as the car drew abreast, I found people laughing, jeering, and scoffing those outside!
The sound from the other car was garish. It’s not that I disliked their songs, but the volume was meant to disrupt, meant to intrude, and cause disharmony and tension.
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So, here’s the thing: You’ve decided to climb Everest. You train yourself to become agile and fit, buy all the necessary paraphernalia, take a train, bus or flight and reach the base camp of Mount Everest.
And there you are overjoyed.
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She was young and her eyes blazed with excitement and joy as she looked at me, “I’ve got a first class with distinction,” she said.
“Congratulations!” I said and hugged her. I looked at her and remembered the same face streaked with tears two years ago as she learned she had failed a semester; not for lack of academic prowess but for not completing her projects in time.
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Was at the funeral of a youngster, who died of a mental disorder. Many spoke at his funeral, and said how helpless they felt in trying to reach out to him, but could do nothing. “Oh yes, you did,” I said, when it was my turn to speak. “Each of you reached out to him, and gave him a few moments of love!”
This happened many years ago, when my younger daughter was little. She wept as she held a dead bird in her hand. “It died daddy. I saw it being attacked by crows. I chased the crows away and brought it home. I gave it some water. It was alive a few moments ago. But it’s gone now. Its dead daddy!”