I am back hopefully wiser; wittier; wackier; 32 kilos lighter; far more patient; forgiving; accepting and last but not the least accommodating (I fervently hope so).........
Yes the hiatus has been rather long and arduous; some of it enforced and the rest of it simply due to my innate ability to procrastinate find multitudinous reasons not to do the right thing; incessant travelling and recuperating from the rigours or then should I say after effects of a seven odd hour long life altering surgery..........
On the brighter side this enforced hiatus has made me far more accepting of friends; fellows; countrymen and women and more importantly or significantly relatives with whom I simply did not bother to touch base with for years together........
Wisdom dawns lately on some people and I unashamedly am one of them; my beloved Papa's demise a little over three years ago did make me sit back reflect and realise that it is indeed time that I stopped taking life and people for granted as people who really matter simply vanish into eternity before you even begin to realise their true worth and invaluable relevance and importance in your blessed existence on this planet........
I can now unabashedly say that I touched base with my darling chachu after three and a bit years; visited one of my favourite uncle's (well he has always been Jogesh Uncle to me) abodes in Ahmedabad after a decade and more; honoured my long standing promise of visiting my better half's Mamaji's (mine too) tastefully and artistically constructed residences after years together and last but not the least spent two and a bit blissful and restful days in the company of my favourite Didi (maasi) and her lovely family in Mysore after seven years or so..........
My beloved; revered; respected and adored Baba (Shirdi Waale Sai Baba) summoned my better half and me as he does once every year or so and we we were indeed blessed and delighted to have spent two and a half days in his august company and charan (feet) meditating; contemplating and hopefully bettering our lot as caring and sharing human beings out to make a difference no matter however insignificant it may seem........
The third week of April will see me taking off for Ahmedabad once again; this time on the pretext off attending one of my cousin's weddings and accord me with the opportunity of rekindling and re-establishing dormant and stagnant relationships with people who were dearer to me than life itself in the first two odd decades of this rather eventful 46 year long sojourn on planet Earth.........
Here's looking forward to new beginnings; enriched and mutually rewarding relationships and a far more improved and rejuvenated version of cantakerous; boring; stuffed and staid me.......
P.S: I am technologically challenged and all this twitter; face time; and all such other communication tools and devices seem like Latin and Greek to me so do condescend to communicate with me via facebook or my trusty mobile phone and I promise that I will promptly respond to each one of your queries or efforts to reach out to me...........
Yes the hiatus has been rather long and arduous; some of it enforced and the rest of it simply due to my innate ability to procrastinate find multitudinous reasons not to do the right thing; incessant travelling and recuperating from the rigours or then should I say after effects of a seven odd hour long life altering surgery..........
On the brighter side this enforced hiatus has made me far more accepting of friends; fellows; countrymen and women and more importantly or significantly relatives with whom I simply did not bother to touch base with for years together........
Wisdom dawns lately on some people and I unashamedly am one of them; my beloved Papa's demise a little over three years ago did make me sit back reflect and realise that it is indeed time that I stopped taking life and people for granted as people who really matter simply vanish into eternity before you even begin to realise their true worth and invaluable relevance and importance in your blessed existence on this planet........
I can now unabashedly say that I touched base with my darling chachu after three and a bit years; visited one of my favourite uncle's (well he has always been Jogesh Uncle to me) abodes in Ahmedabad after a decade and more; honoured my long standing promise of visiting my better half's Mamaji's (mine too) tastefully and artistically constructed residences after years together and last but not the least spent two and a bit blissful and restful days in the company of my favourite Didi (maasi) and her lovely family in Mysore after seven years or so..........
My beloved; revered; respected and adored Baba (Shirdi Waale Sai Baba) summoned my better half and me as he does once every year or so and we we were indeed blessed and delighted to have spent two and a half days in his august company and charan (feet) meditating; contemplating and hopefully bettering our lot as caring and sharing human beings out to make a difference no matter however insignificant it may seem........
The third week of April will see me taking off for Ahmedabad once again; this time on the pretext off attending one of my cousin's weddings and accord me with the opportunity of rekindling and re-establishing dormant and stagnant relationships with people who were dearer to me than life itself in the first two odd decades of this rather eventful 46 year long sojourn on planet Earth.........
Here's looking forward to new beginnings; enriched and mutually rewarding relationships and a far more improved and rejuvenated version of cantakerous; boring; stuffed and staid me.......
P.S: I am technologically challenged and all this twitter; face time; and all such other communication tools and devices seem like Latin and Greek to me so do condescend to communicate with me via facebook or my trusty mobile phone and I promise that I will promptly respond to each one of your queries or efforts to reach out to me...........
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