Mogini Nadasan

Amazing grace

Being in my 40s has led to many revelations. Questioning early learnings and continuous pondering. The way forward does not look anything like the path that led here. Its quite sobering to now be understanding life from a completely different point of view. It seems like there can be good in vastly different scenarios, depending on how you look at it. Time and circumstances play a role and in some instances what you may have chosen a few years ago is now what you would intentionally avoid going forward. Time passes. Our appearances change. We gain clarity as we go along. Silence and loneliness have in time become "rest for the mind" and "space to breathe". I observe the way of life of the next generation, learning, absorbing, contemplating, comparing. The way we have lived life growing up and how we conducted ourselves in our early years comes to mind. While noting the nostalgic glimpses to the past, also in the next second recognising the stark contrast to how things are now. Do we have a say in the way forward. Should we correct the younger generations according to our reference or rather step back and allow life to flow and learnings to occur in their own time. Will those younger be open to our interpretation and guidance or scorn it? What would their elders and caregivers have to say to our corrections. Are we over stepping the mark? Perhaps they would do better than us. Its all unchartered waters and only time and individual perception, perhaps retrospective evaluation sometine in future would provide some clues. Wading through masses of unwanted content in social media, which to some is the new platform to share, to find true gems of wisdom, is sometimes exhausting. I guess old souls crave solid connection. Old school values that are timeless and sweet. A clarity in mind, body and soul and respite needed to go on. Its all beautiful, intimidating, fascinating, questionable, and so much more all at once. We are grateful for the lessons and the opportunity to learn again today. The aim is and has been to protect the innocent pure souls who bring delight and peace to our lives, the ones who give us a true glimpse of heaven, the elderly eyes and young laughs who give us a priceless gift of their presence which is etched in our souls.