9th
March, 2013
TOO MUCH ON
OUR PLATE
Quite a few cases of nerve problems
have come for healing recently. This has led me to wonder as to what is getting
on everybody’s nerves!
Life has so much to offer these
days, there is so much to do all the time and so many choices. A typical Sunday
is spent in taking enough rest , finishing incomplete household chores, going
out with family, giving time to our hobbies and doing ‘our own thing’ and
‘trying to finish that book which is so interesting but can’t seem to find the
time to finish it’.
courtesy - beforeandafterstuff.com
Then comes along my daughter’s creative writing assignment and she has addressed the issue which is on my mind these days. I am posting a 12 year old’s take on our busy bustling life.
LET ME FINISH !
Sundays are supposed to be a holiday right? A holiday from all the work and toil that we
have to go through the whole week. So if it is a holiday then why must this
absurd bell ring every five minutes?
I keep on trying to finish my book but no
one seems to want to let me finish it. So far, I have had to go to the door for
the milkman, driver, maids, cook, librarian, cookie sellers, newspapers and dog
walker. God knows how many more are to come? Every time someone comes, I do my
work with them. Then they leave and I sit down outside on my bench next to my
tall plants and my comfortable cushions and my lamp. The moment I sit down and
open my book….Ding Dong!!! There the bell goes again. I have barely read five
pages! If this keeps happening then…......
Ding Dong!!!!
That blasted shameless creature!
I heave a great sigh and go to the door. Hoping that this won’t take long. I
open the door and…this
is going to take long.
My neighbours have come with a huge blundering cake.
“You
must try this cake! It’s absolutely spiffing!!” They cry.
I swallow down my
frustration and bring a very forced smile on my lips.
“Absolutely! Give it to me and I will finish it before you
can say ‘cake’.”
Yeah. Right !
The neighbours are extremely stubborn. They didn’t leave
until I had finished the whole cake and given a full critical feedback. Even
with a signature!!
I plop back on my bench. Now I have switched off my calling bell.
Hopefully, I won’t be killing anyone today out of sheer anger.
Thank you.
- Anwesha Mitra
Dear Anwesha,
ReplyDeleteYou made a right point - the number of hours in a day remained the same, but our activities has become multifold. On the top of this, we can never plan our free time. But there is a silver lining - we can always have some time to do what we want by being selective. For certain things like Reiki, we can force it on ourselves like a duty to attend to daily. It is like, you save a Rupee a day & it becomes Rs 365 after a year and 3650 after 10 years ! Here what matters most is the intention & not the quantum. So it is a daily struggle to manage our time dynamically. Sometimes I seek help from Reiki - "Pls. help me for my all activities of the day". This way we do not attach our expectations for results or good happenings in the day, but we get mentally stronger.
Kind Regards
Sukhdev