"I cant go on, I'll go on"

Paul Kalanithi with his daughter (image taken from here)

 Few weeks back, I heard about a young talented Neurosurgeon who was taken away by a metastatic lung cancer. He was a good writer and I happened to read his essays and blog. Being in one of the country where there is scarcity of resources, I know it’s not a big deal when one dies out of infection, malignancies or whatever. We could only blame our fate.

But, here is a man from Stanford University, who gave a live telecast of his life through the terminal illness, till his last breath - Paul Kalanithi. So I would like to share his blog here. I felt little pain after going through his essays. Being a doctor knowing everything from the pathology of disease process to the prognosis in every stage, he would have been in great trouble. Old proverb reminds, a little knowledge is dangerous; very true.

During the course of study, and till now, I have observed many people with terminal illness both in medical college and family and what I got to know is that, patients well literate who had various options to explore and know about the disease succumbs to the terminal illnesses sooner when compared to the illiterate people who are never bothered about it. Psychological factor plays a great role.  

And here, Paul Kalanithi was so brave enough to deal with his illness and went through it, shared his experiences rather than finding his dark lonely corner, accepting the reality, raising all his doubts about existence to the readers making us feel his pain. After reading his essays, "Before I go" , "How long have I got left?" I could only empathize and now I know the importance of palliative care in the field of medicine.

all my ears :)

Ears on, they hears you,

not on worthless, but on real men,

delighted you be 

the Song of Fall

NaBloPoMo October - 2nd  at blogher
Winter and summer are two seasons that have songs clearly associated with the time period. But are there any songs that remind you of fall?

"Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they are falling like they are falling in love with the ground"
 -Andrea Gibson

After the long heavy rains, it comes the autumn, swiping off its footprints. All the land and air dried up. It’s heading towards the end of the year or to a cold shivery winter. Above we see dry floating clouds often shedding few drops during nights. Days being hot and dry but nights are chilling. Trees are bare, shedding all the leaves, making a pavement for the new season. It apparently looks like melancholy everywhere, but they know there is a spring in the ebb and flow of life. Though it can’t escape out of this, they make golden savings for a wonderful time ahead.

There are many songs that remind me about a fall, fall in the sense of autumn of our lives. The one that first comes in mind is Coldplay's Paradise because autumn is just like a girl who dreams of spring and always like to fly away. She does not recognize that  it is the heaven on earth,where the land is covered with gold and magenta as if nature has laid a red carpet. So just remove the preoccupations and lets move on...

 

Living principlE

image taken from here

Many a times, when we have problems, we used to think like we are the most unlucky fellow in this world. I have recently read that one out of 4 have the same thought very often. Being one among them, for the past few months when I was at the verge of missing something that cannot be missed, and when there was a lot of tough times that have passed, I realized what life is. After running through all the hurdles, to get it back, dedicating whole self and spirit, prayers helped us saving it. It was then I had a turning point or an awakening to the reality. Life, it’s simply awesome with all the flavors. Bitter or sweet, they should or they would also pass away. Like every piece of gold is refined and molded, all the past, present and future is there to make it out from within us.

Every little misery will end up in a smile. Boldness is within them who could find a smile when it is tempest out there. Such a tricky puzzle is it. I was so late to realize that everything I worried about till then, were mere stupid things and not at all a problem. Thank God, we are lucky enough considering all the possibilities ahead.

My motto: Live it, Love it, Face it and Smile at it... Life is too good.

 

LiFe in Laughs

(Thanks dear Ammu for the snap)

 

Beyond the waves of dreams

In life, I could find me

Resting on the shore of blues

I am alive, I can breathe

some good air..

Bigger is the field out there

So many puppy faces

Grimaces or happy ??

they are around..

I bid welcome grimaces,

because I know that,

its going to be a happy end,

flaring up the tempest

of laughs,that dig cheeks.

Loving the hues..

Life is really pretty...

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