HORIZON ...Part 2

God's plans are really amazing..!!!! He knows waht is best for us. We ask him to take us to the horizon; we try hard but are unable to reach there. We feel shattered, bewildered, depressed.....without a slightest clue of what God has in store for us. We are not being able to reach there because God has something better than that for us. God wants us to reach beyond horizon........!!!! God always has the best plans for us. Horizon is not the place where I am meant to be. I belong to a place beyond horizon. Now, I have stoped cribbing about my inefficiency to reach the horizon because I know - Something much better than that is  waiting for me..!!!! with opem arms................waiting to embrace me......to accept me as its own........!!!! WHy should I settle for something less than what the Almighty THEE Himself has BIGGER and MUCH BETTER plans for his child..!!!!!

 

LOVE YOU GOD..:-) :-) :-) :-)

Hope it is not too late..!!

The thought of scribbling few lines,
Came into my mind..
As I woke up today,
With eyes still half blind....

Wondering what to write..
I opened the window,
And welcomed the morning light..
Feeling the breeze, blowing slow...

I headed to the park, with a poem stuck in my mind..
And a music player, going forwards and rewind...

Soothing was the music indeed,
Sowing a 'SMILE' seed..:-)
On my face, visible to commoners,
And the soul, deep inside the crust..

With no paper and pen, I began typing the poem in my phone
As I walked in the park, where I was not alone.

Lush green grass and clear blue sky,
With birds flying high..very high..!!!

Nature, with her marvelous gifts,
Always inspires us.
Showing what we are meant to be....
And what are we living- A LIFE OR A MESS!!!

Her love for us never fades away,
Making us eat, love and pray..

Uncontrollable is her fury too.....
Seen wen man meddles with her, trying to do something Ultra New!!!



Waking up daily, the way we do,
Is not a rise worth living for....

Let us arise and awake...and realize the truth..!!
And stop our folks; putting an end to the loot...!!!

Nature's gifts are for one and all..
Plants, flowers, oceans, seasons-summer, winter, monsoon and fall....!!

Let us love our "MOTHER"
And preserve her gifts....Now and FOREVER...!!!..:-)

Illusions Galore......!!

Life..at times...seems like an Illusion... An illusion which we want to make happen...but alas!!! It is far..far away from reality...!!!!

An illusion..which is almost..!!! just almost true!!! But alas....!! It is not!!

An illusion which gives tremendous amount of happiness.....!!

An illusion which is so tempting!!! None can resist!!!

Is this  illusion worth living for, for the bliss and joy it gives a tender soul??? What if the soul wakes up one day, with red tears, realizing the truth that it was just an illusion???

Should the soul be made to believe that though it is an illusion, the momentary happiness given by it is real?? After all, making a soul happy is not a crime...!!!

Happiness is one of the best gifts one can give another person.....!! So what if it comes with an illusion..!!!

BUT....................What to do when here is a tug of war going on between the soul, the reality, the illusion and the happiness given by it..???

Whom should we support- The reality which turns the smile upside down or the illusion which brings a 200 watts smile????

HORIZON....!!!!

It seems so near, still so far!!!!  Now I see it in front of my eyes..It is so near that I can go and touch it with my hand...... But when I go near, the truth unveils. It is far....very far.....!!!! I can never touch it...feel it with my hands. I keep walking meters, kilometers, miles, days, weeks, years, decades, entire life....still  don't reach there. All I get is an illusion- Illusion of it being very near.

I keep trying, for I have hope- HOPE IS THE ROPE WHICH HELPS US CLIMB MOUNTAINS. I travel in different directions, make deductions, try to draw conclusions, search for new ways and means to reach. I also get a perception that it is almost within my reach. I even reach there.....almost....and then face the reality......horizon is still away..far away.......

I keep wondering- why don't I ever reach there, in spite of trying so hard??? Is my approach wrong? Is the path in which I am walking, wrong? Is my vision in appropriate? Or is horizon too difficult a goal that I am aspiring for? Should I aim for something less?  Should I aim for a small window in the sky? Or only a small cloud? Or a handful of land?

But...........How do I control my high flying aspirations? How do I prevent the flapping of the wings of my dreams? How do I ask them to unlearn to fly, something which they have ben doing since the day I opened my eyes? How do I restrict the flight of my dreams which aspire for nothing les than horizon????

I understand that Horizon is tempting.. It  lures many.......It always was and is the coveted dream of many..including me....!!!!!!

 Each person has a diferent definition of Horizon..So do I.  Irrespective of the varied definitions, every person wants to reach there..THE HORIZON......!!

Is it too much that I am asking for? Is Horizon such  precious and expensive a prize that I can never achieve or accomplish?????

Hospital times......!!!

The moment we think of hospital, we visualize a red plus, a white coat and an ambulance siren.  Being one among the 1.2 billion mango people ( aam Aadmi), I too used to visualize the same things, until I actually became the part of it and realized that Hospital is much more than what you, me or other commoners think of…!!

Being in the hospital environment since  last 5 years, I have come across many things- Some visible to the eyes, some hidden; some live incidents, some my interpretations; some happy, some ‘not so happy’ moments. I am sure readers belonging to this stream will be able to associate themselves to the events and instances which I have observed. So, presenting Hospital journey through my eyes…

Hospital is not only about patients standing in long OPD ( Out Patients Department) queues, with drizzling noses, during monsoons…….It is also about the sleepless nights a mother spends when her 2 yrs old son coughs and sneezes ten times every half an hour and the mother gives him the syrup and says- Everything will be fine beta..!  I am there..!!

Hospital is not only about panicked friends, rushing to the Accident and Emergency Centre, with bleeding wounds and  a fractured leg………. It is also about the joy the patient and the therapist experience, when the patient walks for the first time, without anybody’s help, after receiving rigorous Physiotherapy for weeks…!!

Hospital is not only about doctors, walking in sophisticated suits in the wards and assuring their patients- Sab theek ho jayega!!.......It is also about a middle aged Cleaner, who keeps worrying about her young daughter’s future, studying in BA final yr, as she mops the hospital corridor..!!

Hospital is not only about the tired, sleepless interns, who are returning to their hostels after the night shifts, with dreams of getting a MD/MS ( Masters) seat in the forthcoming Entrance exam…..It is also about the security  guard, sitting on the footpath near the hospital, eating Britannia Good Day Butter Biscuits, staring at the Interns and thinking- One day, my daughter will also become a doctor..!!

Hospital is not only about a ‘Happy and Complete Family’, going back home after getting discharged, carrying their ‘Bundle of Joy’ in their arms……..It is also about the feeling of being on Cloud Nine, which a couple experiences, as they walk out of the Diagnostic Lab, holding hands, looking ‘only and only’ at each other’s smiling and happy faces, carrying a Positive Pregnancy Report in their hands……!!!

Hospital is not only about the EXTRA care and services which some VIP patients receive ( some of which are ‘not at all’ needed)……..It is also about the helplessness of below poverty line patients, who find it difficult to buy the life saving medicines….!!!

Hospital is not only about the sophisticated treatments and equipments which the doctors read about in books written by foreign authors…. It is also about a doctor who has come up with low cost Bamboo stick crutches and other devices, which are as effective and patient friendly as their imported counterparts; enabling the child to go and enjoy the football match, which he always saw, sitting on the stands…

Hospital is not only about the doctors operating on a patient in the OT, who is struggling between life and death……It is also about the anxious relatives who are waiting outside the OT, praying to God for a miracle, with immense hope and faith…!!

Hospital is not only about an 85 yr old, neurologically disoriented grandpa, trying his best to sit on the bed, comprehend, talk and move around, with his doctor’s help…..It is also about the smiles on a 25 yr old guy’s face (permanently paralyzed below the waist after a spinal cord injury) which keep him motivated throughout the treatment sessions…!!

Hospital is not only about the new born baby which does not even know that it is not going to be a normal kid just because it did not cry soon after birth ( Baby’s Crying expands the lungs and ensures a good oxygen supply to the brain. If it does not cry, it means that the brain is not receiving oxygen, also known as Birth Asphyxia, resulting  in serious complications like cerebral palsy, developmental delay etc. )  ..It is also about the persistent patience the parents have, who never miss the child’s therapy sessions and are ready to go to any extremes, to make the child’s life as normal as possible…!!!

Hospital is not only about the meager salary which some doctors are paid in multi specialty hospitals, in spite of slogging the entire day… It is also about the joy which the doctor experiences when a certain patient says- Thank you doctor..!!! I am glad that I met you.!! My pain is all vanished..!!

Hospital is not only about the mourning relatives and friends, crying for the one who is not there with them…….It is also about the desire of a terminally ill patient, who keeps staring at the ticking clock and outside the window in his Isolation Ward, wishing to see another sunrise..!!!

Hospital is not only about the ward beds, the stretchers, the wheelchairs, surgical tools and equipments, needles, syringes, healing wounds and the sutures, dressing over bleeding bruises,  advanced operative and treatment techniques, IV saline bottles, thermometers…….. It is also about the light outside the OT, the innumerous number of crushed coffee cups  lying in the bin near the coffee shop outside the OT corridor; speaking stories of anxious relatives, healing words of assurance spoken by the doctor, which multiply the effect of the medicines….It is also about FAITH….!!!

Sadly, Hospital is also about the blunders committed by some quacks, claiming to be doctors, who render the patient crippled for life…!!!

Hospital is not only about the doctors, nurses, patients, their families and friends….It is also about  the cleaners, pharmacy shop employees, ambulance drivers, security guards, the aayas who handle the bedpans, housekeeping staff who shift the patients and all those people  the people contributing in some or the other way in bringing a positive change in the patient’s life…!!!

Let us try to maintain the dignity of this profession…Let the Noble profession remain NOBLE forever..!!!