Life is a big-time journey. Even if you may have got disturbed after reading the celebrity news of the recent untimely demise of renowned singer KK, I am telling you that life is indeed huge. People count life by the number of days and years a person has lived and what he has accomplished in that duration. However, interestingly, life is much beyond that. Life cannot be measured by just the achievements but it has to be also honored by the lessons that one learns and passes on to the next generations or future to come.
Life is not at all race even if you are made to believe so
When I looked back at the last three years of the coronavirus pandemic, I was really emotionally sad because we lost many gems in the entertainment industry and also in my personal life. My Mami (aunt) passed away before she crossed the age of 60. Being always jovial and friendly with children, she had quite a different view of seeing things. I really admire the way she has trained her young children in all the skills that a woman needs to know before they enter their marital lives. Now when I look at those girls who have become women and mothers too, I am really happy that wherever Mami is, she is really glad to see her children as responsible young ladies.
Investment lessons from Mahabharata
The thing I learned from my Mami is never considered stones as threats in your life. My Mami was only class 10 passed and resided in Tamil Nadu during her growing-up years. It was just a few years before getting married, that she shifted to a small city in Mumbai and learned the local languages like Hindi and Marathi. But the way she carried herself and mingled with others despite her low educational background was remarkable. Anyone and everyone who met my Mami always appreciated her for the knowledge and social skills that she portrayed.
My Mami didn’t feel bad when she was asked to stay back at home to look after her ailing mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law. In fact, she used it as an opportunity to learn from the elderly women everything about the South Indian and Tamil cultures. She became a pro at putting rangolis and wearing sarees in South Indian styles. Such was her demand that whenever we had a family get-together or ritualistic functions, all my relatives who didn’t know to wear a 9-yards saree or put on a rangoli for the function, would call her name and depend on her for getting things done the right way.
Growing up, she was a live example for me of how she utilized each and every setback in her life as an opportunity to grow and leave a mark in everything she does. My uncle had a lot of uncleared debts, however, Mami didn’t let that affect to live her and family life the queen-size. Whenever she was invited anywhere, she would be the first one to reach the venue and help people in their work. She was indeed a woman who even upgraded herself with the required IT skills at a time when computers were so new for us. She did so with a professional attitude but with a knack that only she had to grab every stone that life threw at her and convert it into a benefitting opportunity for herself.
