Kaal Kare So Aaj Kar, Aaj Kare So ab Pal Mein Pralaya Hoyegi, Bahuri Karoge Kub
*काल करे सो आज कर , आज करे सो अब * * * *पल में प्रलय होएगी , बहुरि करोगे **कब * * * [Tomorrow's work do today, today's work now if the moment is lost, the work be done how] The doha does not advocate, to build air castle of plans but to be realistic in life. Do not postponement any thing which requires attention to day. As far as retirement plan is concerned we have to learn from Ant which accumulates food for rainy season which is more practical ** * * <http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/>* நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் जन सेवा इश्वर सेवा cnu.pne On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:31 PM, sundaram v.v. <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Taking off from the same clipping that both by Shri M.G.K. Nair and Shri > M.S. Srinivasan simultaneously sent today, here is my take on it. > > > The great saint Kabir said thus: do today that which is due tomorrow; and > at this moment that which is due today. > > > > Unwittingly though, I am given to procrastination or, ‘postpone the evil’. > Thus, in the five years preceding my retirement, I shelved to my > *master*Retirement Plan all projects that involved either physical or mental > labour > - or both. No wonder, on the day of my retirement the list ran to a > staggering 48 items. To name a few: vigorous weight-reduction workouts; > retrieve from the attic the dust-laden religious scriptures and > mind-boggling, not-more-than-two-pages-a-day, philosophical books and > demystify their contents; attempt to fine-tune my vocal chord (when no one > is at home, that is) to render it a semblance of music when I sing; and, > above all, take up what was closer to my heart two decades ago - write > light-reading pieces which, in the absence of anything better that day, > used to get published in the leading Indian leading newspapers. > > > > Retirement has got past some year ago, but those 48-odd items still await > translation into reality. One of them is to read books. Of course I did > read some books, but covered the first five to fifteen pages, before I > hopped on to another, yet another hopefully interesting one, and doing > justice to none. The solitary book that I read from page one to the end > was: ‘100 ways to live 100’ but, here again, I confess, with a liberal skip > of pages in between. > > > > I got an opportunity to gauge my skills at singing recently when I joined > a chorus to sing bhajans. The chap next to me however spared repeated > side-glances at me as though wondering whether I should really care to > render the support. > > > > As for the regular workout, my wife and I attempt to take a walk in the > mornings to the nearby lake. It has a large playground as well. On Mondays > the walk is ruled out because a workforce of five drive their four-wheel > lawn mowers at break-neck speed, providing the spectacle of Formula One > race. Consequently, apart from the noise pollution, there is an unlimited > supply of grass all over the pathway.. I am allergic to grass, and I have > my wife’s permission not to take risk. Walk on Tuesdays is risky because > that is the day the sprinklers operate. Inanimate though, these sprinklers > water both the grass and cemented areas without discrimination. Thus, > unless one is determined to have a shower-cum-walk with chances of a > Laurel-and-Hardy type fall, and resultant slip disc or hip injury, very few > will venture. And either on Saturday or Sunday morning, we skip the walk > because all of us together in the family watch a movie or two and go to bed > late the previous night. On days that are still left, the weather takes > charge - too hot, cloudy, drizzling, etc. > > > > The writing front too would have met with the same fate but for the > persistence and perseverance of my two sons – one in Phoenix and the other > in San Jose. Given to sobriety (being the elder one), the Phoenix son’s > customary question on return from Office has been: “So, Dad, were you able > to attempt anything today?” instead of asking pointblank, ‘Did you write > anything at all?” It is a different thing that very often I take our 3+ > grandson for a walk to the park synchronizing with my son’s return from > office - to avoid this direct question. The younger son in San Jose is made > of a different mettle. He rings up unfailingly twice a week. My evasive > replies that I helped the elder one in gardening, shopping, repair work, > etc. fall into his deaf ears. He is down to earth, and emphatically reminds > me that no doubt physical activity is important, but mental activity is no > less, more so if one wishes to keep off dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc. > > > > So much for the sons. The modus operandi of the lady of the house, > however, is different. She is a past master at persuasion. Three decades of > life with me, and who can know more of me. That leaves my two > daughters-in-law. They are nice. They joined our family not very long ago. > Still hibernating, you see. > > . > > To add insult to the injury, at my retirement farewell function I was > referred to as untiring, diligent, methodical, etc. - expressions that had > managed to evade my annual appraisal reports in the preceding 35 years. > (What bothers me is why they reserve these expressions for a farewell > function?) Anyway, I was taken in by these encomiums, and in that moment of > weakness I listed in my thanksgiving speech things that I hoped to be busy > with on retirement - with a time schedule, to cap it all. And with email > coming handy, many of them still stay in touch, all eager to get the > ‘progress report’, if any, that is. > > > > So, driven to despair from all quarters, here I am hammering a piece to > reflect the thought process of a retiree, for whom freedom and quietude > still remain cherished ambitions. > > > > V.V. 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