Individual gift becomes a collection!

This box of currency was the collection after the 5th Anniversary Christmas cheer two weeks back . About two hundred people contributed towards this. Each person made a small contribution, but it became large enough for a substantial purpose!

What can one person do! What is it worth a question which dissuade us form doing what we can do!

In our existential society acquiring has received lot of attention. We are being enticed to acquire because our visible possessions seem to reveal our ability, resource or achievement.

Against this growing trend, giving has received lesser attention! We give when we are moved by a need or an emergency!

However giving needs to be a habit!

WE CAN GIVE OUR TIME, ATTENTION, RESOURCE...there is also the self giving which is what can become a mentoring support to others!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)

Rare flowers!

I found this bush with flowers in the MOSC MC garden. It was the first time I had noticed such a flower!

There is something all the time that you can discover for the first time in nature! Walk through gardens to find such first time sights!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)

Mushroom in the garden!

This is the season for looking out for mushrooms in the garden! The giant mushrooms might not be good for human consumption. My mother used to know the difference. 

One thing I found out that the mushrooms sprout each year at the same sites. So I am familiar with the places where they can be found!

It is another gift the earth gives to us! Think of the multitudes of such benefits we receive form the earth!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)

Times have changed!

The levelling of the paddy field before the seeds were sown was done earlier with bullocks pulling the levelling plough. Now, humans have replaced it! This recent change is a reminder to us that there is a change taking place in the rural community!

One change that is responsible for this is that the elders in the community have encouraged their children to prepare themselves for skilled and semi skilled jobs as a result of which agriculture based engagements have become uncommon in the rural communities! Rearing cows, bullocks, buffaloes, etc are specialised engagements, which need enormous skills. 

Almost every home had a cow or an ox in my neighbourhood when I was at school. Now we have just one family in our neighbourhood, who rear cows, It is that family that gives us fresh milk each morning! This is a special experience, to wake up each morning to have fresh milk served at our door!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo) 

A Highway Scene!

I noticed this dangerous journey on a two wheeler recently! The lady in the second photograph is asleep from what I can make out!

We seem to push our boundaries beyond what we ought to!

It is this scene which helped me early this month to recognise that I too cross boundaries without paying attention to the inner wellness I need to live in  harmony! This scene was a message to my soul

M..CMathew

A home made candle !

It was a pleasure to watch my colleagues lean about candle making and make them in the department! They were on display during the Christmas cheer sale!

As I watched this candle lit and bright, it brought a sense of immense appreciation for my colleagues, who are learning and growing. The outcome of this process is the gifts which they bring to rest of us!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)

Grand children!

Each grand child needs attention! Here the grand mother was under pressure to carry two children in her arms!

Grand children bring a sense of leisure and joy in any family. They take you on a journey of fun, laughter, exploration or conversation that we do not normally engage in! 

I realise from my own experience, that the grand children are a key to return to our personal childhood memories! 

The richness of this experience would stay with us and refresh us, although it can be sometime physically tiring! But often the attention turns away from our tiredness to their joy and fulfillments!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)