It was one year since we planted one sapling of banana, which has now produced six other saplings and a bunch of bananas. The walking track, which Anna and I use for our evening walks begins where these plants have formed a cluster ready for transplanting now.
So beginning our evening walk with this in sight reminds us of the mission in life.
Yesterday, our domestic helper told us that, it was good we planted some saplings of banana last year because we have now enough to transplant to other sites.
I hope we all take time to look at our life as an opportunity to do something which has the potential to bear fruits.
It is now three years we arrived to live in this cottage with an acre of land around the house. We are surprised the way the land yields fruits when we rest after sowing or planting!
I was listening to a medical student late into the evening yesterday, who told me that he is discovering that he is given the opportunity to study medicine to share in the pain of those who would come to him for medical attention.
I wish there would be many in heath care, who would convey an approach of 'other-centredness' in attitude and work! A colleague told me yesterday that, 'when we think of others, we feed our own growth'.
M.C.Mathew( text and photo)
