Mind of my Stroked Brain

Yesterday, I watched a news item. A young man in a big city was on a two wheeler and was knocked down in a hit and run case. He lay on the road bleeding and struggling for a long time. A crowd gathered around him. They took videos of him and some even stole his mobile phone and few other personal items. He eventually bled to death on the road itself. Nobody helped him, nobody called an ambulance nobody called any emergency number etc . I don't really know if karma exists. However, I know the definition of karma at a broad level (I might be wrong), but broadly, I understand karma as a outcome or consequences of our actions. In the above case, I can think of 5 actors: 1. The person who caused the hit and run accident in the first place.  2. The folks who gathered around and looted the dying fellow 3. The folks who made and uploaded videos of the dying fellow 4. The folks who stood around and watched but did nothing 5. The folks who saw it happening but were too busy to stop even...

As I go through this journey/ process of rehab, I am realising it is a process of patience and efforts. It is probably different for different conditions and strokes, however this is what I am encountering. Of course one needs to exercise both for any recovery - generally speaking. However I guess it is not a case of both overall, but sequential for every bit. Initially, when I was just a lump of flesh and bones, I could not move a muscle anywhere. I guess there is a lot of encouragement to do things etc etc. However it only needs patience and more patience. I remember, there was everyone encouraging and pushing to do this and that, do more, etc. And I would be wondering what they mean.  The brain was not connected to the body. Its very difficult to describe the feeling but simply put, I didn't know what it means. I knew what is being asked but I didn't know what it bodily meant. For ex, I would be asked in physio to move some part, in swallowing therapy i would be asked to swa...