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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

sylvester stallone and some little thoughts

I loved first blood ... Its one of my favourite movies .  But this blog is not about first blood but about the recent tragedy in sylvester stallones life  . His son is no more .  Todays news has told that stallone has asked for more compassion from the public or rather to respect his childs memories  instead of dissecting his death  .  My deepest condolences to this father . Even this ultimate macho man has opined that the death of a child is one of the ultimate pains a human being can endure . 

Recently i saw a 70 + year old man who was a highly influential doctor  . Though he never got angry at me he was noted for his fiery temper .  On the initial days of my aquaintance i felt angry at him because he used to snap at many people for smallest of reasons .  But within few days my anger turned to the deepest sympathy for this man (note his age also )  a few months back lost his only son in a tragic accident .  Losses at any age are not pleasant but you dont have to be a father to understand the impact of death of an only child especially when you are elderly  .  

The famous singer whom i admire Chitra also recently lost her only daughter in a swimming pool drowning accident . When that happened the public too had their greatest sympathies for her , because not only she was a great singer Chitra was known as a great person too


Human life is full of paradoxes or rather at least i find it because so many people confess their life to me .  To give an example recently i met a man who is deeply sad .  This man was born into  a well to do family  but his parents "presented " him to his grandparents when he was just a few months old .  The reason : they were busy making money  in a foreign country .  When he grew up they showered their gifts etc to his younger siblings and literally ignored him . Now around 30 years of age  his parents even refused to allow him and his wife to enter the family house and currently are in the process of making a will to exclude him from family property . 



Whats the message from these four incidents ?  I dont know . But i feel these should prompt us to think in a more balanced way towards life .  In balanced i mean give the right balance in life in relationships , earning a livelihood and spirituality . To make it more clear , counting relationships in quality than quantity , avoiding money as the sole goal in life except as a means to live a life and being spiritual instead of the rituals which these days symbolify religion . 

Because i see so many people really chasing money  -- my only question is how much money can compensate the loss of a child ?

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