ANY DAY CAN BE LAST DAY

TODAY IS ONE OF THE DAYS WHICH TERRIFIED ME, SHOCKED ME AND LEFT ME SPEECHLESS.

THE NEWS OF DEATH OF MY NEPHEW, HARDLY IN HIS FORTIES, STRUCK ME LIKE A BULLET.
HE HAD SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND LEFT THE EAERTH TO HIS HEAVENLY ABODE, EVEN WHILE SLEEPING.

VERY FEW ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A DEATH IN SLEEP AND HE WAS ONE.BUT IN THE PROCESS HE LEFT A WHOLE LOT , HIS WIFE, HIS SON HARDLY 5YEARS OLD AND HIS MOTHER , FATHER AND BROTHERS IN A TOTALLY SHATTERED PLATFORM .

HE WAS WITH US HARDLY 10 DAYS BACK,CRACKING JOKES, MAKING FUN, DISCUSSING THE FUTURE PLANS, SINGING OLD HINDI SONGS (IN HIS RICH VOICE WHICH ALWAYS TAKE YOU TO DAYS OF MOHD RAFI/KISHORE KUMAR)ESPECIALLY THHE ONES FROM THE EVER GREEN TABLOID “ARADHANA.”

THE MORE I COME TO THINK OF IT, THE MORE IT LOOKS LIKE A DREAM AND NOT A REALITY.AND MORE I THINK OF MY SISTER WHO HAD BEEN SUFFERING ON ONE COUNT OR THE OTHER FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS OR SO THIS COULD BE THE MOST RAVAGING HIT, WHICH SHE CERTAINLY DID NOT DESERVE.

TIME AND AGAIN WE GO INTO PHILOSOPHICAL MOODS AND UNDERSTAND THAT “ANY DAY CAN BE THE LAST DAY OF HUMAN LIFE”.STILL WHEN THE LAST DAY COMES, IT LEAVES US BAFFLED AND SHATTERED.

AS IF TO ASSUAGE MY HURT FEELINGS I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE.WHICH APTLY DESCRIBES HOW TO FACE THE LAST DAY(IF ONLY YOU RECOGNISE IT TO BE THE LAST DAY).SOME EXCERPTS FROM THE SAME :

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‘DO WORRIES, TENSION, NASTINESS,OR NEGATIVITY MAKE ANY SENCE KNOWING VERY WELL THAT ONE OF THESE DAYS CAN BE THE LAST DAY OF OUR LIFE? MIGHT AS WELL FILL IT WITH CELEBRATIONS, MUSIC, DANCE, USEFULNESS TO OTHERS AND POSITIVITY.IF THE END IS INEVITABLE ATLEAST LET US MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL.LET US TREAT EACH DAY WITH A SMILE AND LET US BE SWEET,PATIENT, LOVING, CARING PURE, BLISSFUL AND ACCOUNTABLE.LET US LIVE TO MAKE THIS DAY AS OUR BEST DAY..AND THAT IS ALL LIFE IS ABOUT-A DAY AT A TIME.

LET US EXTEND THE SAME UNDERSTANDING TO OTHERS TOO., FOR ONE OF THESE DAYS WILL BE THEIR LAST DAY.LET US DEMONSRTATE ALL THE CARE, KINDNESS EMPATHY AND LOVE AND LET US DO IT WITH OUT ANY THOUGHT OF EXPECATION BY WAY OF RECIPROCATION.AFTER ALL WILL ANY BODY BE EGOISTIC, OR THINK OF REVENGE OR TRY TO GET EVEN IF ONLY THEY KNOW THAT THE OTHER WILL BE GONE FOR EVER BY MIDNIGHT??TRULY WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME LEFT TO LOVE EACH OTHER.THEN WHERE IS THE TIME TO FIGHT AND HATE?

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MY NEPHEW HAD BROUGHT SMILES WHEN EVER WE WERE TOGETHER .PROBABLY HE KNEW HOW TO LEAD HIS LIFE.BUT THE VERY THOUGHT OF HIM NOW FILLS ME WITH TEARS.LET HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE AND LET HIM GIVE HIS INDOMITABLE WILL,SWEET SMILES AND EVER INSPIRING CONVERSATION TO STAND BY THOSE WHO HAD LOST HIM FOR EVER.

I SIGN OFF WITH MY HEAD BOWED TO THE DEPARTED SOUL TO REST IN PEACE.