2019 was a year where art
happened to us in the form of a mural, four walls in Circular Road. The concept
given was “The river Flows” and the docent background helped in weaving the
story of river through the years pre and post- colonial.
We had a mascot in our story, the
Otter who has been there to witness all these changes. Interestingly our fourth
wall depicted a future, of cleaner water and air and people making wiser earth
friendly choices hence bringing back the Otters to the rivers and happily so. Little
did we know that it would happen so soon in the beginning of 2020. Yes, as an
eternal optimist I am out to see the blessings in all of this and here I am
marvelling at how nature teaches us.
A lot of disappointments and a
whole gamut of experiences in this for all of us. However, I think we are also
hugely full of gratitude for the blessings in each of our stories. There are
many who may not be as fortunate as us and hence at this time while we continue
to meditate and pray, we should constantly send blessings towards them. There
are loads of opportunities to help financially as well and those messages are
also trickling in through the day.
God knows we have loads of time
to do this :D Happy that your overseas kid made it back home. Not all kids have
been lucky. Even a few friends are stuck in various places. Call on them, talk
to them. It’s the human connection and it does not have to be through a party
or a gathering. Praying that everyone is safe healthy, and we all learn to make
these simpler choices in life as a daily measure. Home cooked food over
restaurant food and wastage. Family time over excess social time. Our own
cities over travel for the sake of ticking cities off. Each of us has been
given time to reflect over our choices. Loving this time and space to do so and
challenges that are coming with it.
I am grateful for the family time
we are having. I served a picnic day before in our living room with picnic mat
and all picnic food. It was fun. The message is clear simplicity in choices. Meanwhile
I am enjoying the Otter images and videos, while I sip on my Darjeeling tea and
sketching away.
