A lady in her eighties whom I know well, is struggling hard to clear if off the fence to what I assume, rather convinced, would be much better than what she's been going through right now: Death.
She's completely bid-ridden with hardly any physical movement that she's capable of executing, but her mind is active -- and very much.
She had struggled through-out her life to ensure the best possible education for her sons and married her daughter off to a successful person. Yes, she made their future.
But, in that process, all her children moved away to far off places for a better career and she was left alone with her much older husband.
Today, she's lying helpless in her bed at the mercy of a few medical attendants, and her husband - who's close to ninety but still somewhat active - is coordinating with the Doctors to keep her alive -- fighting a loosing battle, though.
Neither her children can stay indefinitely with her nor they can shift her to their place - a hopeless situation!
Incidentally, I know another lady, who, intentionally or not I don't know but never walked an extra-mile to ensure what the first lady did, and all her sons remained there with her taking up mediocre jobs despite being intelligent enough to build-up a much better career.
And being with all her sons and other family members, she's looked after well -- living a much better life than the first lady.
Being a strong believer of the hypothesis that 'we get what we give,' I'm confused, utterly, because the developments here happen to be just the opposite: She, who did the best, is receiving the worst -- and she, who did nothing, is being rewarded the best.
If there exists a divine power - God or whatever term we may use - may I ask him or her a very simple question: Why do you punish a person who truly deserves a reward?
For the image, thanks to Denis Collette...!!!'s
