The jasmine flowers have a short life just a few days. We have a row of jasmine plants along ugh edge of our courtyard that we can see and sense the fragrance in the air each morning.
As I watch a bunch of these flowers usually there are buds, fully open flowers and fading flowers with brownish tinge.
This reminds me of the life events. Wee are born, given a span of life and later fade into away form sight!
The richness of the jasmine flowers is in the fragrance they give away to the space all round it. Each flower is self giving in that sense!
The mission of these flowers is to be open and share its richness of brilliant white colour and aroma all around.
It was yesterday while on an on line consultation with a family form overseas I got a sense of what it mens to be available to others! This family who has a limited resource with only one person working, find even a medical consultation unaffordable to them. While thanking me for this on line facility with a cost of about ten dollars for a consultation as against 150 or more, they mentioned how medical expenses become far too much for them to bear.
We live among people who feel the strain and pain of coping with their circumstances. I felt moved by a reminder from this family of how much more health care professionals ought to be mindful of the burdens people carry and struggle to live decently!
It was a big relief to know that the government of India reduced the cost of COVID protective vaccination to rupees 250 from rupees 750.
I wish the there would be more provisions for low income group to have an affordable insurance package and a rational approach to pricing. I keep wondering why the cost of vitamin D estimation has to be nearly two thousand rupees! Some of the commonly used tests, procedures, and services can sustain financially because of the volume which brings more income underwriting the cost of materials used!
Just a bunch of Jasmine which lasts for four or five days! But it gives us a message of openness and being a gift to others!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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