Empathy

Just an observation :

Was standing in a crowd of people on the sidewalk when an ambulance raced by with siren screaming and lights flashing .

Just like when such a thing happened several times on different occasions in the past  I noticed quite a few faces around me looking concerned , their eyes following the vehicle racing away , and I thought they looked, for some moments ,  sad .

For an unknown person whose poor condition and possible suffering was only indicated by our association of ideas with a speeding ambulance .

Leads me to believe that #empathy is a natural human response but often it requires an ambulance to evoke it .

Does not happen , as such , if it's a silent hearse 

Nor a silent person in our life !

Poem on Gratitude

Thought #simply #stated on owing to the #unheard , #unsung , #unsaid 

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My blanket started somewhere on the back of a sheep 

My pencil in the Wood 

What riches would they claim from me 

If only they knew how , or could ! ?

My meals started with a seed on a farm

My water in a lake 

The nourishment that I gain from them 

They can never ask or of partake

Do I give back to all these things ?

Which my life a comfort make 

No I just take them for granted 

Continuing to take ! 

Connections abound in the Universe 

The tenuous strands to be found 

All people , places and things connected 

What goes out must come round ! 

Vikaas Nafde

On celebrating Birthdays and Anniversaries

On celebrating Birthdays and Anniversaries 

Life ! 

This progression of moments  strung together like a necklace of beads - connected - it starts from a clasp and having gone full circle returns to it 

Years are measured on every pass of the clasp till , due to a break somewhere , we don't return .

Every time we pass that point of connection we celebrate  and review the path trodden and the way ahead .   It's the date of commencement of yet another leg of the journey for which we are given a cheering start by well wishers and friends and the race recommences. 

It's the New Year ! 

Yes it is a special day  for rejoicing and offering Thanksgiving for renewed opportunity . 

It should always be made memorable !

Life is a jig saw puzzle

Just a thought - could imperfections be the spaces left in each one so that the pieces of the world's jig- saw puzzle can fit together to make the complete picture ?

The way for the gears of the Universe to mesh ?

When a desired goal is not obtained we start looking for errors and faults , mostly in " something or someone "  (including ourselves )

 forgetting the strong possibility that its no ones fault 

" it was MEANT to be so ! "

And in future will prove to be 

" the Best thing " . 

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change

Some lessons from Pets

Dogs are the only pets I know of, who ,on meeting again , even after a parting of half an hour ,  behave as if it's been YEARS since they last  saw you !

Silly emotional people with no control on their feelings and the display of it .

In all these centuries this is something they should have learned - or is it supposed to be the reverse - an example for humans to follow !!

- The Communicator

Summer Solistice Musings

#Summer #Solstice musings 

Its that date again when days will start getting shorter and nights longer bringing a sense of urgency to finish tasks to be completed in daylight hours . 

See - Saw ! 

The horizontal position of the board is achieved by equal weights on either side - like the past and future ! 

Resolved to make every hour count even more than before 🤓

Trying to #understand the How , What and Where of Life

Sometimes these messages try to make life so simple , don't they ? 

Points to ponder before judging ! 

How can one just wave goodbye without asking 

1. Have you any attraction or quality that would make them want to call you or meet you ? Are you able to provide anything worthwhile ? 

2. What were their limitations , compulsions , feelings , circumstances that prevented them from doing this 

3. You built the expectation  that they would call / meet /connect  so how can you blame them for the disappointment ?