The hedge plants in our garden bloomed everyday even in the rain and did not show any sign of damage!
This has not surprised me but made me observe these flowers. The flowers repel water because they have multiple filamentous exterior! Even the fragile flowers are given some protection from adversity!
The conversation between people of late have been all about the flood and the damage people have suffered! It is story of loss and grief!
But what counters this in a delightful way is the story of men and women who show the overcoming spirit in difficult circumstances.
A family mentioned to me yesterday that a friend brought food to them wading through waist deep water two times in a day for five days!
It is when adversities befall us, we discover our inner resilience! Yesterday, a senior journalist mentioned that his habit has been to collect stories of ordinary peel who reveal extra-ordinary coping skills in adversity! He received a telephone call from a family who were living in relief camp with three children to enquire whether he was safe and well!
I feel it is time to celebrate human resilience in abundant display, during this most trying time of flooding of this century! We need each other as companions to live with hope!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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