I remember this tree for at least twenty years, which got damaged in a lightning strike a few years back. Since then the gardener has preserved teh trunk of the tree and got it decorated with a flowering creeper, which stands as a testimony to the several decades of life of this tree. Even a tree, which lived its life, receives a grateful recognition!
I felt encouraged by the spirit of human consciousness of gratefulness!
Yesterday a faculty from CMC Vellore visited Anna and me at work, to remember his friendship with us as we happened to be parents of his class mate. It is now over ten years since we left CMC after superannuation. But he cared to find time when he came to conduct examination for the undergraduate medical students.
Yesterday we Annam nd I went for the housewarming of our neighbour, who is an auto driver who has taken us several times to different places during the last eight years since we came to live here. His house built for him by a political party is a warm and cosy place. On arrival when he and his wife greeted us, we felt a sense of celebration because he looks overwhelmed by what he has been provided for!
To remember and to be grateful are enduring values!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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