Since we have been living in our cottage for seven years, we have a surprise awaiting us-plenty of jackfruits just above the ground all around the stem of the jackfruit tree. It is a tree, which suffered badly in a thunderstorm. We had no hope of seeing many fruits in the tree during this season.
Fruits amidst adversity!
Ever since I read this book, I am no more surprised by nature's response to an adversity! Even a tree can turn an adversity to its advantage!
The stress can be productive and restorative.
The leader of a local grief support groups is one who suffers frequently from the physical assault of a drunken husband. She has turned this experience to be a grief counsellor to those who seem to loose hope. Most of the people whom she visits are those who are in palliative care or senior citizens with multiple needs. In a group meeting she told her friends that, when we face grief without respite, we have a potential to be compassionate and caring! A belt connecting the pulleys to move an engine is stretched and put on the wheel to move the other. It is this stretching which initially appears to be an obstacle, which turns out to be an advantage in the long run!
When we feel burdened or used or despised, it can turn into a profitable experience fo us and others.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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