Well, this was indeed great. I was happy and so was Ashish...for me! I heard him murmur something like "Finally..." under his breath as he walked past me.
But this story is not going to be about my tumultuous relationship with my weighing machine nor my weight loss tamasha. Today's story has a little background to it. So I flash back to 10 days when my maid announced her 3 week annual leave to me. I had seen the writing on the wall as this is usually the time she decides to go on her pilgrimage. She has been doing this for the past 7 odd years since she has been working with us. I should have known, it was coming. However, like all bad news I didn't want to accept this imminent fact and denied it will ever happen. But happened it did, more earlier than I expected.
Shobha, is not just a maid for me, but a Woman Friday...to Thursday, if I can say so. She cooks, cleans, washes, dusts, waters the plants and every other possible chore my lazy muscle would not want to do. So when she goes on leave, you can only imagine my helplessness. My entire schedule turns upside down and I become a zombie. In spite of the support I get from my close family members, life is never smooth when Shobha is not around. So this time as well, I could only imagine what was in store for me for the next 3 weeks.
After the initial denial, shock and then acceptance, I decided to take matters and the whole house in my hand. Whether it was dusting, washing utensils or cooking I was going to survive in spite of it all, my inner voice declared fearlessly. And all this without it affecting my office work, I boldly promised myself. With the support from my dear hubby, I knew I could take on my unwieldy, demanding domestic world like the brave Luke Skywalker did against the Galactic Empire.
Coming back to present, its been almost 2 weeks since she left and believe me, I have managed well so far. I feel like one of the contestants of the Survivor series who has made the cut, unbruised and undeterred. Besides the fact that I have 'gained' from my weight loss, I have also uncovered a highly energetic and a fastidiousness me, who was waiting to be discovered. This side of my self
would have been 'sitting on the bench' if not for this situation. What could have been a 3 week tumultuous 'domestic issue' has suddenly turned on its head as if in a Sirshaasan pose (headstand pose in Yoga) drawing out the best in me.
To sum it all, everything happens for a reason. And mostly the reason is always for a better you!
The problem is, we don't have patience to endure and enjoy the long arduous journey which may at the end of it all, just turn around with a gift you will treasure for life.
What I have provided, is just a peek into a simple, daily life situation which all of us go through. There are many more tough, demanding, challenging and even life threatening situations we may have to go through in life. But if we take them head on and understand that there is only one reason for they being there...and that only reason is for our own good and also for a better you, then life would be so liberating and free from any tensions and fear.
Here is one video which I found on TED, I saw and opened my eyes to a totally new perspective.
http://www.ted.com/talks/stacey_kramer_the_best_gift_i_ever_survived.html
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