Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Stronger than yesterday


I was hearing an old Tamil song which went like: There are millions of people less fortunate than you. Think about that and feel peace. 
How well put. Grumbling does not take us one inch forward. When we hit rock bottom, the only way back is UP!!! I have come across challenging situations and had thought it’s the end of the world. How stupid! Better to put on the music and dance with the Britney song, “I am stronger than yesterday.”
Sharing two real recent incidents:
* The mother was waiting with her 14-year-old daughter for the school bus on the ground floor of a Dubai tower and left her son unattended in the apartment. While waiting, she saw her son dangling off the flat’s window on the eighth floor. Turning hysterical, she rushed to her apartment, but the boy had already fallen off. The mother rushed down only to discover him lying in a pool of blood. She returned to her flat and jumped off the window, with her body landing on top of the son’s. The mother died instantly. And the girl remained in a state of shock.
* A 3-year-old ate leftover lasagna and lived with her mother’s body for two days until police came to the home in New Zealand. “Mummy won’t wake up,” little Shylah Silbery told police when they arrived. Police persuaded her to climb on a chair and open a chain on the door. The girl ate the lasagna and drank milk from the refrigerator and cuddled her teddy bear. She was there for that long, trying to wake up mum.
I have very special prayers for these two girls and others in such unimaginable situations. The rest of us better thank the Universe for giving us so much.

22 comments:

  1. yes, I once saw some poor people looking for vegetables in a pile of veg garbage in a subzi-mandi....

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  2. Such sad stories. Is it just me or are we hearing of more such things happening?

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  3. hmm....its very sad..indeed...May Allah give those two girls strength to live their life peacefully...

    Nice Post!

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  4. Preventable tragedies happen because of own mistakes.
    Rule of thumb is never leave vulnerable infants unattended.

    Ramesh! Where are U?
    I have a post for you to go through.
    Please visit.

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  5. troubling stories... yet they unfold the wicked stories :(

    Weakest LINK

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  6. Very sad,,,,Both cases ..
    Omgd...
    its so painful ....with little girls and no body around..God bless!

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  7. Omgd my heart goes out for the girls who lost their mom!
    God bless these kids!

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  8. Such a tragedy! Here we are mumbling over a little too much rain or less of that...

    A HUGE sigh escapes me thinking of these little ones...

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  9. For the first time i am leaving your page with moist eyes.My prayers.

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  10. it only makes me sad.but,such is life.

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  11. heart wrenching to see kids without parents. God help such souls.

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  12. We are gifted people, Ramesh! As Kavita said, we are used to leave your post with a smile, always!

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  13. really disturbing incidents...really disturbing.

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  14. Thats really sad. And we still grumble:( Feeling very sad for those little ones.

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  15. உனக்கும் கீழே உள்ளவர் கோடி நினைத்து ப்பார்த்து நிம்மதி நாடு..

    அண்ணா, கொஞ்ச நாளா எனக்கும் மனசு சங்கடமா இருக்குது.. and after reading this., my heart melted.. kaN niraivathai thadukka mudiyavillai..
    I wanted to stop blogging for sometime.. little busy too, Meena, feels disturbed..your hi, made me comment in this,.. contact thru my email.. there was no email in your profile,. Hope I start blogging soon..

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  16. don't know whether the prev comment reached you.. contact me thruogh email. kgfsk@rediffmail.com

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  17. real sad incidents..
    What is that Tamil song Ramesh??

    I like ovoru pookalumee...solkirathe..from Cheran's movie...love that song.

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  18. Oh my God! That is really horrible.

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