Showing posts with label blessing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blessing. Show all posts

January 19, 2011

Where is the "Good" in "Goodbye" ?!

GoodByes have become a part of todays life. And we use it too often now ..as we keep moving...moving on from one job to another...from one place to another...one country to another...and so on !!
But right from the time I was a child , I hated saying "GoodByes". They were always "Bad Byes" for me especially when I had to say Bye to friends and family whom I loved the most. .... (Now guys, Don't start laughing....!!)
I remember one of my friends going mad when I said I was scared to say "Bye" . But now, even when I have to say this often, I really get this funny habit of eluding this and instead rather saying "See You". But I suppose this has nothing to do with the word itself ..But I suppose it is linked to this pessimistic thought that keeps reminding you . that it might be forever !!!.
But  those true "Good byes" make you reflect on lots of other stuff....
They really do make you look back on what you've had, what you've lost and what you've been taking for granted. And they also tell you ...that if we ever feel sad to say good bye to someone , we need to be thankful that we have come across someone who was so good that it was hard to say good bye to them .
But I stick to my belief that "GoodByes " remind us that some people aren't meant to be in our lives forever. But that they are passing through our lives to bring us something... a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn ....  You'll have that gift forever.... though you have to say bye to the one who brought the gift !!



October 18, 2010

Memory Loss ... The Gift of God !!

I am sure people would think I am crazy when i start off like this .. Well..I really dont mind...This blog gives me a lot of happiness . Its something like I am talking to myself or is it to somebody else ? My conscience.. may be ?
 Well..One of my friends suggested Journal writing. I suppose this is it? Writing down all your thoughts..

I thought I was the only one in the world who feels this way. But was happy to read from other blogs, that there exists a few extremes like me around the world.. who keep on blogging  just because they feel happy they blog. and that is one reason why I keep my blogs private. Oops ! I left out what i really wanted to write..





People often complain they keep forgetting things as they grow old. But just now this thought crossed my mind. Is'nt memory loss one of God's blesings ? People are subjected to misery and suffering which would never let them live in peace during the rest of their life. There would be thousands of people in their life who would have hurt them to such an extent that they would never ever want to meet them again as long as they live . But as days go by these incidents get erased from their mind so that only a mild trace of it is left or sometimes get deleted from their memory...

Old people would have to carry tonnes of such ill feelings if only God hadnt blessed them with memory loss. As they forget almost 60% of everything  bad that happened to them that helps them to forgive and love others. This makes them equivalent to children.
I suppose that is why old people are compared to children ?????
  
Dont you now agree that memory loss is a blessing ? Especially during old age ? 

JennyPadua,Nagercoil,TamilNadu,India,JeniPadua