These three words sum up the single, most evident and undeniable truth faced by human kind. Whatever you may do or say, whoever you may be, at the end of the day, the bottom line is, one day you are in this world.. and the next day you’re not; and that day, the lives of people connected to you may pause momentarily.. but before you know it, everything, and everyone goes back to normal. It has to.
You may have affected numerous lives, but in the end, when you leave this world, all that is left behind is your memory… a virtual concept. And I believe, the way people remember you, if they do, doesn’t depend upon the way you were related to them or the way you talked to them. It depends upon how you made them feel…..
When my maternal grandfather passed away about 9 years ago, (gosh.. has it really been that long??) I could see the pain in my mother’s heart, flowing through her eyes. I could see the devastation on my maternal grand-mother’s face. I know their lives are still affected by it, they’ll always be, yet today, they are living their lives, just like they were living them prior to the tragedy. Thats the way its supposed to be.
A few days ago, as I woke up and saw the time in my mobile, I also, obviously, happened to see the date. And I realised it had been a month since my paternal grandfather passed away….. it had been a month already!! And then, it hit me again, our lives had resumed their normal course yet again. A person, who was fit and healthy just a month ago, just 30 days ago, is now no longer with us in this world. We can’t see him or touch him ever again… and yet……. our lives are moving on… they always will. ‘Coz thats how its supposed to be.
Both my grandfathers were really thick friends since their childhood. That’s how my parents ended up getting married (the traditional Indian arranged marriage way). Earlier, whenever I used to bow infront of the almighty, I used to think of my maternal grandfather, ‘coz that’s where I imagined him to be. Now, I think of both my grandfathers sitting together and smiling down upon me, showering their blessings. It does prick me sometimes… thinking of my grandpa up there, still can’t believe it sometimes, but I know its true…….
And I imagine them talking to me sometimes when I miss them a little too much… and with my maternal grandpa, I always talk like a grown-up…… but with my paternal grandpa…… I’m always the little girl… his little princess that I always was…….. and always will be…….
And that’s what makes my belief in this saying stronger…… “People may not remember what you said, or what you did…… but they will always remember how you made them feel…………..”
And thats how another day of my life passes by…………… life goes on….
These three words sum up the single, most evident and undeniable truth faced by human kind. Whatever you may do or say, whoever you may be, at the end of the day, the bottom line is, one day you are in this world.. and the next day you’re not; and that day, the lives of people connected to you may pause momentarily.. but before you know it, everything, and everyone goes back to normal. It has to.
You may have affected numerous lives, but in the end, when you leave this world, all that is left behind is your memory… a virtual concept. And I believe, the way people remember you, if they do, doesn’t depend upon the way you were related to them or the way you talked to them. It depends upon how you made them feel…..
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