Inclusive Living!

The Flowers in the garden survive the heat of the day and present themselves colourfully and elegantly!

They carry a vigour and exuberance which the heat of the day cannot suppress. 

They get rejuvenated in the cool of the night and with the fresh supply of water to the soil every evening! 

They have a short life. They live that season colourfully! They overcome adversity!

Generosity in grief 

A family who lost their daughter Aaslin Sherin Abraham, to a road accident at ten months of age, became the youngest organ donor in our state with the family offering to donate her liver, kidneys, cornea and heart. Her funeral took place two days ago. The parents while suffering the grief had mental space to think of other children waiting for donors of organ to continue living! A death gives lives to others!

(Photo from Times of India, Ernakulum-Cochi edition of Monday February 16, 2026 )

This news has moved and awakened the medical community that even children can be organ donors. 

Giving as a response 

Father Davis Chiramel in 2009 donated his kidney to restore life to an electrician, Gopinath and went on to found the Kidney Federation of India, which functions from Thrissur. This became a movement for live organ donation voluntarily! 

Living has an altruistic mission! One's significance is not so much in acquiring to possess but in giving even when it involves a risk! Father Davis, while addressing his congregation and public audiences comes across as a person in whose heart there is a large space and feeling for those who suffer! 

I recently heard the story of a child at middle school, who donated his savings of birthday cash gifts he received annually from his family, to help a child with muscular dystrophy in his school to buy a motorised wheel chair! 

Taking without giving 

While the president of the USA in the recent months turned trade to amass wealth through inflated tariffs, we come across some others who show the way by giving even when it hurts! It is because of such goodness and benevolence, we feel moved and touched to live mindfully of others. 

Car seat for children 

During my latter yers at professional work, one desire I had was to engage parents to use dedicated car seats for children, especially  for children below six years. One way I promoted to buy it was by offering to help them to choose a seat once they were in a shop, by responding to the suitability of a seat to allow safety for a child. Watching a child in the seat was a prerequisite to decide if it was safe and comfortable to a child. I have had some parents converted to consider a car seat as an essential safety measure for children. 

The awareness about the need of a car seat for children is rather low. The health car professionals do not take it seriously to make it as a campaign. It is disturbing to see children travel in motor bikes seated between parens without a helmet or infants, toddlers or pre-schoolers travel in motor vehicles seated in adult's lap without protection. 

I wish that just as  wearing seat belts are  compulsory for adults, the car seats would become an essential feature to promote safety for children in motor vehicles ! 

The flowers in the garden offer the message of fullness; human act of self giving sensitises us to live with a humane orientation! 

How comforting and delightful it is to know that even in the young mind there is a desire to be self giving! 

This is the hope that revives us to live in peace and hope!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)