20240101 : freedom...
This morning, I was replying to "happy new year" messages on my phone when one of my nurses saw me doing this and said to me: (She is from north india and speaks only Hindi. My interpretation / translation below) "Sir, why do people wish each other happy new year? Every year our remaining life reduces right. They celebrate like they are in Jail and every year their sentence is getting over and they are getting freedom." I am pretty sure she didn't realise the gravity of the truth in what she was saying - for aren't we all imprisoned in our bodies and nearing freedom from it each passing year. Maybe that is what we all celebrate every calendar swap and our birthdays. The anticipation of nearing freedom....