Thursday, December 4, 2014

Dignity.....

The dictionary meaning being- the quality of being worthy of respect.....

Mother Teresa created a Home in Kalighat  for  the dying....so that....these poor unwanted people ,who were ill and dying on the road could  die in DIGNITY in this Home.

This  concept ofcourse  appealed  to me enormously but did not understand the meaning  of it in depth .which  was explained  to me in totality by Life last year-2013.
Now when I think about it - it's scary - back then it was moving from one point to the other ,or  from
One day to the other.

If anyone is to be accountable for the whole  uncalled  for  situation  it was  ----I.....

I in my  blind ignorance just took a step ,where there was no place for it......
No one gave me the assurance of welcome.....I just inferred. As if that was not bad enough .....I
Started to make myself at home....taking over the house .....so to say.

All the time blind to the fact that I was not wanted there......All the signs were  there  glaring  at me....
You. Are Not  wanted here.....Being ignored,Not acknowledging  my presence,keeping me waiting for ever,being told -who you think you are- Maharani..you are here so that you do not have to work,I will  take you back to the Ashram.....etc.  etc....etc....
What was it...?????
It was Inertia on my part - I understood in my head that this person ...I have been close to  and  shared
A lot  with ........the commitment remains the same on both sides -it does not .....
I am still stuck on it ....while the other has gone through a metamorphosis......
It  took me a whole year ....a good amount of being kicked around  and  a serious illness ....to get it....
Yes....I Got It.....
The question that keeps popping up in my heart.....Would .....I Do The Same .????
And the Answer Is NEVER......Not to any one....
My parents were ordinary people ....But ....to me they were the  greatest maharajas ....because they were my Parents ...that's how they were to me ....I felt that way towards them  while they were alive
And still do ....
This whole episode ,was ,to make me feel ,not worthy of respect.
It has given me a renewed respect for what Mother Teresa  did  for those unwelcome,unwanted people of the society by giving them a Home to Die in DIGNITY.....God  Bless Her......

Shalom ....Love to All.
Sheela..