A moment of Silence - November 19th 2009

Friends,

I am not sure how many of you had the chance to glance through the Hindu today or Thina Thanthi. 13yr old Arvindan studying in a private school in Virugambakkam was ran over by a lorry yesterday morning when he was cycling to school. He died on the spot. Infact, Arvind lives in the same apartment as Sayee and I live in (a different block though). Everyone known to the boy are shattered to get the news specially those that even met him even a day before. It did not hit me so hard until I saw his photo this morning.....that is when I realised that I have also seen him play downstairs. The boy's Mother fainted as soon as she heard the news out of shock. He was the only child to the parents.

I am sorry that I am writing a blog on this but would request everyone to take a minute at your convenience to obtain silence and also pray that the family and loved ones of the boy have the courage to take this loss at their stride. I know it is easy said than done.

Quite often, these kind of incidents make me think about Fate/Destiny and what purpose we are all here for. I try to dwell deep into karma and karmic power but no proven answers. I know we are all born and are destined to leave someday but how do we cope with such losses? I think this is when an institution like SAHHEAL that Bhavani had posted about will come into play where it might help.

I still remember the time when I lost my dad and I was doing my 2nd year of college. My mother was shattered and also started reading a book called 'Life after Death' which she is still reading. I also started reading but never got to complete it. How is it that we are able to move on with our lives after having lost someone so close? I still shed a tear when I think of my dad, my grandmother who I was close to more than anyone else, my uncles, my cousin but then life has got to move on. Life is so strange at times and before beginning to act strange, I am going conclude this blog. If any of you have any thoughts, please dont hesistate to share them and sorry for dragging away from the actual subject but I just had to get it out of me.

I will move on now.

Vaidehi