Smile Now.

You smile now for it might be late.

Now or never for the winter is here.

The leaves have fallen and it is chilly,

The spring will come after you sleep.


So better smile now,before the blossoms awake.

with your eyes crinkled and cheeks all red.

smile away this winter's chill,

For warmth is but a smile away.

Jayamala.

Of Sickness.

I have been dealing with sicknesses recently.I have myself perpetual migraine.I have been finding my relatives ill with diarrhoea,menstrual problems and weight problems.Because of the recent trend in medical treatment all the tests needed long time examination of all aspects of a person.doctors do not remember their patients and a group of doctors means still more impersonal attention.One doctor hurt the patient while examining that talking about that visit to the hospital the relative cried with me.

There is no use talking about such matters as the people are in huge numbers here and there is so much of insensitivity here and personalised attention cannot be bought even with money(at least reasonable money).So endure it and hope that one will be cured soon.Personally when I am down I do not go out at all.So for the past few days walking,exercising,meditating all are minimised. I am hoping I will be back to routine soon.

Jayamala.

Hype.

I am seeing hypes everywhere.Be it in politics,in cinema,in literature, in short in any achievement.There were days when the media used to write only after a certain level of fame has been achieved by the person.But nowadays what with so many chances for exposure,I feel the necessity for fame has gone away.One can do something like returning a left out cell phone( are you not expected to return?),you get covered,as though being honest is not the obvious behavior.

The other day there was a write up on a politician who celebrated some religious pooja giving food, to many priests.I think even if the politician is very famous it should not have been covered.What the politician did was for his private soothing,and perhaps his private prayer.Probably he has made the cost for functions where people depend on priests go up for the common man.

Anyway,perhaps we human beings are slow learners.

Jayamala.