GREEN OR WHITE
Like water, we must flow wherever our path in life takes us.
The minute the first barrier in the form of some hardship or privation appears
and we stop, that is when we become a stagnant cesspool. Life becomes murky and
that becomes a breeding ground for disease. It does not matter what our age is
or what stage our life is at. We need to keep the flow- alter our course,
re-direct the stream, go high, go low, bend, curve, bubble but never stop and
be still. We stop doing this when we grow old and tired or when confronted with
the hurdle of ill health. We then build a mental dam and stagnate. We stop
examining our own lives and instead peer through a microscope and search for
bacteria in the life of those around us.
Usually the first targets are our adult offspring who come
under our scanner. The worst trait a parent is guilty of is to criticize one
offspring to another. You can be sure if your parent is grousing and carping
against your sibling, hold that glee at the thought of being the flavour of the
month. What is done unto others will surely be done unto you!
What makes some old people so bitter? The ones who are
content are those who have friends, hobbies and good relationships regardless
of the state of their hips, knees or eyes. They have that cheery spirit as they
hobble along, like a brook that babbles along its stony path regardless of the
rocks in its path.
The toxic old are
those who cannot let go of past glory-that important job, the exalted status, and
the revered head of the family- all in the past and now they feel reduced to
trivial battles of facing a long, boring day.
So what does one do if
you have a sharp mind, a sharper tongue and a dull old body? Turn your laser
pointer and pinpoint the flaws of your near and dear ones? Simmer and seethe as
others busily flow towards the ocean while you are a dark pool of discontent in
that lonely forest.
Green scum coats the surface of a stagnant pool but cream
also rises to the top.
You always get to choose the colour of your life- Green or White?
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