The 91 Year Old Beautiful Mind
She looked outside the window. Waiting and waiting for someone to come.She looked up and noticed the lovely blue sky shining into her room with a view, ignoring the four walls surrounding her motionlessly.
Finally, she heard a pronounced sound of a car engine that seems soothing to her ears, though on normal day it could be annoying. She can’t seem to hide away her happiness as soon as her grandnephew walked past through the gate. Her joy and happiness just emerged instantly as she noticed him and his wife knocking at her door. Just the people she expects on Fridays with the hopes those lonesome days would just vanish. And it did.
As we walked in to Nanny’s room, I noticed how utterly happy she was to see us again. My hubby and I have been visiting Nanny every Friday since the fasting month. The grand aunt-in-law of mine was looking fit and strong even at 91 years old. Her body language, her laughter and her expression says it all. A bear hug was not enough for her though my hubby and I had one each. The warmth feeling of love through her hug opened up my world to a new dimension. The sense of belonging she felt was enough for her. I gather it is better than being sad and lonely.
Just then, while my hubby and I were talking to her, we noticed her lovely eyes speaking with so much enthusiasm, telling us how well she is and how she is grateful despite our busy lives we managed to spend our Friday nights with her. And we felt honored to the ones on her mind these past few weeks.
While Nanny was busy talking to hubby, it never occurred to me how it would be for me if I managed to pass 90 years old. She spoke about her life being a child, a teenager, a wife, a mother, grand mother and also a great grand mother. She spoke highly of ups and downs, her achievements in her career as well as her regrets. Without realizing, my mind just fast forwarded like a remote control in 61 years to the future and came back to the present.
I sat there looking at Nanny again and reflecting on my life. I realized when we are fit and young, we all do everything in our power to lift up a certain standard in life. As the world evolves into an era of modernization, we just get ourselves busier with commitments at work just to stay obsessively competitive. Only to realize our actions are at the expense of our surroundings – family, friends and the burning desire to do things you love. We tend to put things on hold, but year after year it is still kept in the closet waiting for the right time comes. Before you know it, our surrounding changes too. You will realize that your parents get weaker, your children have grown and things get worse in your life, simply because of the devotion to work and the expense of other beautiful things in life. Of course you will make it big in your career. But is that all we live for? How about other things like how much did we really pay attention to our family or even the passion we have for other things? I can hear myself saying, if not now, when?
Just then, Nanny’s sweet soothing smile made me appreciate time is gold. It’s not too late to share your joy and happiness to the people you love and do the things you have passion in. Enjoying a work balance helps us to enjoy the moments of life, while appreciating the good things we have. And thanks to Nanny my conscience are clear. I have learnt the value of a 91 year old Beautiful Mind this Ramadhan that is larger than life. Alhamdulillah.
Finally, she heard a pronounced sound of a car engine that seems soothing to her ears, though on normal day it could be annoying. She can’t seem to hide away her happiness as soon as her grandnephew walked past through the gate. Her joy and happiness just emerged instantly as she noticed him and his wife knocking at her door. Just the people she expects on Fridays with the hopes those lonesome days would just vanish. And it did.
As we walked in to Nanny’s room, I noticed how utterly happy she was to see us again. My hubby and I have been visiting Nanny every Friday since the fasting month. The grand aunt-in-law of mine was looking fit and strong even at 91 years old. Her body language, her laughter and her expression says it all. A bear hug was not enough for her though my hubby and I had one each. The warmth feeling of love through her hug opened up my world to a new dimension. The sense of belonging she felt was enough for her. I gather it is better than being sad and lonely.
Just then, while my hubby and I were talking to her, we noticed her lovely eyes speaking with so much enthusiasm, telling us how well she is and how she is grateful despite our busy lives we managed to spend our Friday nights with her. And we felt honored to the ones on her mind these past few weeks.
While Nanny was busy talking to hubby, it never occurred to me how it would be for me if I managed to pass 90 years old. She spoke about her life being a child, a teenager, a wife, a mother, grand mother and also a great grand mother. She spoke highly of ups and downs, her achievements in her career as well as her regrets. Without realizing, my mind just fast forwarded like a remote control in 61 years to the future and came back to the present.
I sat there looking at Nanny again and reflecting on my life. I realized when we are fit and young, we all do everything in our power to lift up a certain standard in life. As the world evolves into an era of modernization, we just get ourselves busier with commitments at work just to stay obsessively competitive. Only to realize our actions are at the expense of our surroundings – family, friends and the burning desire to do things you love. We tend to put things on hold, but year after year it is still kept in the closet waiting for the right time comes. Before you know it, our surrounding changes too. You will realize that your parents get weaker, your children have grown and things get worse in your life, simply because of the devotion to work and the expense of other beautiful things in life. Of course you will make it big in your career. But is that all we live for? How about other things like how much did we really pay attention to our family or even the passion we have for other things? I can hear myself saying, if not now, when?
Just then, Nanny’s sweet soothing smile made me appreciate time is gold. It’s not too late to share your joy and happiness to the people you love and do the things you have passion in. Enjoying a work balance helps us to enjoy the moments of life, while appreciating the good things we have. And thanks to Nanny my conscience are clear. I have learnt the value of a 91 year old Beautiful Mind this Ramadhan that is larger than life. Alhamdulillah.
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