The above picture symbolises the mood that had sent in to my inner world for the past nine days. A feeling of drooping under the weight of circumstances which made me feel heavy and constrained. All my longing to see the child development initiative that I was involved in the last nine years in the place where I work, seemed to be at risk of suffering loss due to multiple factors. The fact that some leaders of the institution in the recent months have wondered about its viability in the future, dragged me into this grieving mood.
On one day, when I was reeling under a sense of anguish and loss of hope, I noticed the sky looking at me, while I was walking to the car park. The brilliant array of colours of the evening sky with the setting sun sending darkness to the earth gave me an insight that stayed with me to ponder upon.
There is light and shadow, which go together.
A family who kept coming, since they first visited us with their child on the 45th day after his birth for advice following complications at birth visited us again recently. With him now getting ready to go to pre-school, the family mentioned about the direction they received through their visits to us. The parents spoke about the dark period in their lives and the light that they see now for the future of their child.
It is while pondering over this comment, I realised that my journey in the last forty years has been with families who faced darkness in their lives. Now in my dark time, this family came to bring some light to my path!
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