Life Manifold
Life with its manifold turns and twists constantly pushes and
drives us into different situations, most of which are unexpected and
unwelcoming. With time as a great divide all of us grow irreversibly. Age in terms of literal meaning is increase in
number of days in our lifespan. With age blessed few become mature bringing a
gross change in perceptions towards life and people as well. Our life passes through
various phases and transitions and seems to be constantly changing, as do our
behaviour, character and attitude. Each
of us have an immense treasure of memories and amazing experiences right from
being an infant, to toddler to teenager to an adult finally. Undoubtedly these
memories enrich, nourish our lives and no doubt carve our character and
personality.
The parent -child relationship is perhaps the most unique
one, where most of the times, the child receives selfless love and affection
from the parents. Parents feel utterly blessed with the joy of parenthood. For
every child, parents are their real life heroes. They try to mimic and imitate
each act of their heroes by closely following them. This stage continues to evolve
till the child is under the warmth and shelter of parents. Child fondly
harbours the brightest and the most wonderful moments he had with parents
throughout his life. So, in general, child always feel that their parents are
agile, sprightly, bubbly and cheerful. This idea stays with them for a long
time.
But there comes a time when the parents grow old and child
becomes a dynamic adult. This is the stage when the relationship seems to take
a new dimension. When parents become old, apart from the parents themselves
undergoing the turmoil’s of old age, the child becomes equally distressed. For
it becomes very difficult to find their cherished heroes in a physically
deteriorated stage. It sometimes comes
as a rude shock for them if parents are down with serious ailments. It is a
universal fact that physical life constantly undergoes change and old-age is
its consequence. Still, it is immensely difficult to watch our idols crumble
under the burden of senility.
For me personally, it was a moment of immense emotional
turbulence when I had to take my father to the diagnostic centre for various
tests and watch him wade through the serpentine queues and
ridiculous procedures. Till date all the moments of intense personal
interactions spent with him during holidays are afresh in my mind. Especially the summer
nights when we all used to sit on terrace under the moon lit bright skies
intently listening to his bed-times stories and anecdotes. I still remember the
days when he would counsel us and mentally prepare us for big events like
examinations, entrance tests, and interviews for admissions into colleges and
in later stages for job. Today it is so heartening to find him lying on the bed
in discomfort and struggling to get goodnight’s sleep.
Though none of these events in life are unprecedented, it is
very painful to see dear ones in a vulnerable state.
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