Health & Friends
By: Himali Kulshreshth
When one is surrounded by the tenderness and cordiality of family and friends, it becomes easier and rather entertaining to face any situation. As a kid, I used to wonder if I could be sick or injured, my cousins and friends would visit me even more frequently. And, that would have made my days filled with ‘extra’ fun. Sounds horrible! However, if we think about it with a different angle, we would come across a wonderful reality.
The other day one of my cousins, living alone in some other city, had to make a trip to the hospital. He had a few of those tiny stones in his stomach that leave one with a very bothering pain. Therefore, he took a three-day leave from his office and got himself admitted in the hospital. As planned, he was treated on the first day itself and had to stay admitted for the next two days. Fortunately, those three days turned his ‘leave’ into a beautiful holiday. A few of his relatives and friends staying nearby gave him a visit. Along with those visits, came the mouth-watering sweets and other homemade delicacies, the joy of which he had not had since a long while. Moreover, he spent all his time chatting and laughing with them and rarely found an occasion to realize his pain. Hence, with the joy and ecstasy of those warm bonds, he recovered soon and got back to work. When he told me about this trip, I could feel the intense delight that he experienced then and nurtured forever.
This is the perspective that gives its way towards a wonderful reality, in which the support and spirit of our beloved ones helps us to face and get over almost any kind of situation without realizing the twinge. Oh yes, I would call it a ‘twinge’ rather than ‘pain’ as it appears to me that pain is just a short-term feeling that is so trivial when faced by the affection of those gentle hearts.
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