GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS - TREAT THESE TWO IMPOSTERS THE SAME


GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS - TREAT THESE TWO IMPOSTERS THE SAME

 By 8am this morning, I had been hit by these two imposters!

As I awoke at 5am and got ready to leave for my early morning yoga class, I made plans to visit my extremely cute grand-niece Samara who turned 5 today just after class. Spending time with Samara and her equally adorable sister Anika are always huge learning and exhilarating experiences. The sheer unbridled joy that emanates from them (and most kids) is infectious and when with them, one can totally just be in the moment.

And that's indeed how it played out. Spending time this morning with these two munchkins was indeed all that and more. When I got home, I heard a 'ping' on my phone and when I opened my email - this message about someone one I know came through....

(names and some details changed)

To those who are good friends of X, 


I am really overwhelmingly sad to tell you X has only a few weeks to live according to his recent medical report 
over the weekend. X will choose to die on his own terms in a few weeks.  I am in such shock and so incredibly sad - X has such a good heart......

END EMAIL



In a previous post, I had talked about the circle of life and death as I saw it on the banks of the River Ganga in Benaras. But, today, it is personal....

Now, the challenge - to keep my head up......

Rudyard Kipling said it really well:  If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two Impostors just the same; Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.







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