Daffodils.....

On hearing the death of my father’s brother, I was thrown out in the meadow of emotions. He gave our family protection when we ran away from the refugee camp during the civil war in SriLanka. He is my role model in many ways and he was the head of the family until a couple of hours ago. He was my father’s elder brother. I am scared for my father who is suffering from Parkinson’s disease about how he is going to handle this news. Umpteen times you hear that life is full of ups and downs. But every time you hear about someone’s demise or terminal illness you flip into the mode of sorrow. While I was trying to take in some mindful breaths to control my thought process, I hear my two young kids are screaming for their second or may be third breakfast? At the same time, my phone beeped saying that you have only got couple of hours before you submit your first-year PhD report. What else is going to come on my way now, I wonder. First I cared for boys and then I rushed to the window to catch my breath which my body needed a while ago. There you go, in the middle of the spring there was a snow storm. Then, what I saw made me smile. Through a heavy storm, there were Daffodils vibrantly spreading their radiance. That moment I forgot all emotions running through me and what I understood is that this moment is mine. I realise it is all about how we chose to live every moment of our lives. This reminds me the poem,

For every Daffodil that grows

So does love, the gleen it brings to the heart

Cans shine incandescently like Rainbow from heaven

Mistly hidden by the rain, so are true feelings

But like our beautiful Daffodils

The true love glistens and shows it true colours

Always.

 

Thanks a lot @Srama. It means a lot

 

Dear Cheeniya Sir,
I am humbled to see your reply. Thank you very much. It is so true that mental equanimity is to core of happiness and that too is within us. I am not at all there yet. Thank you every so much.

Warm regards.
Girvani

 

Dear Pushpavalli mam

It means a lot. Thank you very much. It is true that Daffodils have me the moment of joy. As Cheeniya sir said, I will need to learn to see the beauty in the Cactus too.
Many thanks,
Vani