A landslide !

Since the recent spell of heavy rain in the state of Kerala, there were some serious casualties and human loss following landslide.

We too have had our share of landslide behind our kitchen portion of the cottage. It means building the wall with granite stones to protect the earthen wall which shows cracks extending on either side of the wall. This earthen wall has been intact from my childhood, although heavy rain spells occurred in the past. 

The earthen wall too suffers from an ageing effect.

The earth beneath supports the top soil. When it can no longer bear the weight of the top soil it gives away the support!

I come across many instances, when we can fail others by not being supportive enough. 

A pre-teenage girl with some exceptional abilities, felt recently that her support is failing from her family and some friends. The recent event of her father scolding her brought all that was simmering within her in to the surface. Her interest to socialise and engage the schooling responsibilities declined. The demand on her to perform increased. Her environment caused her this emotional upheaval.

We have a threatening school environment in many schools, where the class room performance so dominates that a child is reduced to the role of being a just a student. 

Children come to school to experience acceptance, affirmation, and direction. Instead if they feel reduced by the comparisons we make with each other, some children would feel the school to a burden, too difficult to endure.

Before anyone comes to the breaking point, there is a season of unsettlement. I wish, we are sensitive to feel the inner feelings of people before they have to erupt in anguish!   

There are 'windswept' people among us living their lives in perpetual distress or anguish, no more able to live above the storms of life. To grow in awareness of the unspoken needs of others is a human mission.

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)