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| Submitted by ARVIND V. NARVEKAR | |
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I'M HAPPY WHEN MY FAMILY IS HAPPY. ALWAYS CARE FOR YOUR SPOUSE, SHE IS YOUR TRUE VALENTINE FOREVER..... MY BEAUTIFUL VALENTINE, MY WIFE. This is a fitting Tribute to my wife UMA on the romantic Valentine’s day. Uma is the perfect Matriarch of our family and the best Home-maker. Uma is my best friend, my buddy, my confidante and my un-shaking support system. She is a pillar of strength in times of adversity. Her advice, anytime, helped us to make the right choices in life. Uma has always over-worked and stressed-out for us in managing the home smoothly and she has sacrificed her prime life-span for keeping us fit & happy. It’s indeed time now that we gave her leisure and passion to live life herself. I’m proud to say that for over thirty-four years, our marriage has endured and grown. At my age of sixty-two, although my memory has been on the decline, I can honestly state that after all this beautiful time together, my love and romance for Uma has never diminished. I find myself more and more overwhelmed by her inner beauty. The best times of my life are the moments we spent together, whether taking a stroll in the moon-light, playing cards, enjoying meals, sitting quietly or even arguing over insignificant matters ! I often wonder, how our marriage has lasted so wonderfully. There is actually no secret formula, but I can assert that we both never lacked the sense of romance since we first met. Uma has always brought out the best in me. Even now, we always work hard to keep our marriage polished and new. We start each day with a hug and say “ I love you” many times. Love has nothing to do with age. Love is an eternal strength created by God. We commence each day with love in our hearts, and love never fails. In contented married life, you both have to share responsibilities and figure out what little things you can willingly do for each other. Mutual trust has been the strength of our marriage. Thanks to the mercy of God, the love of my wife makes me rich beyond anything material. We may not be rich money-wise, but God has given us enough to help those in real need and to feed the hungry. Well, I retired from the shipping company on 30 September 2006, and ever since I stopped going to the office, I missed my monthly salary, but my wife got a full time husband ! The fun with retirement is, you never get a day off ! My wife Uma says she loves me for my good qualities. In her own words, she says, “I love the warmth when I lean against his chest. My hubby being a marine engineer, had to go away months at a stretch on ships, in the initial periods- soon after our marriage, to far-off countries, and this kind of total celibacy was not what I, as a newly wedded bride, aspired for. Moreover, I’m extremely sensitive woman and I yearned for marital bliss. I started getting tired of such forced separation. My love for my hubby was getting transformed into restlessness and frustration.” “Once when my Hubby came on leave, I mustered courage to tell him that this kind of an intermittent distant relationship is not done. The married life was not rocking !” He kept silent, submerged in deep thought. Finally he asked me, “What should I do in your opinion?” “You must always be near me, pampering me.” My hubby applied for the shore job in the office, requesting his company to consider his case on compassionate grounds as he felt terribly home-sick. He got the office job, although subjected to little degradation financially, he had upgraded his love life. After all, money is not everything ! Uma says, “I love my hubby for his sincerity, and sacrifices.” “The Sun has always been shining on our window pane.” God cares for us and God has plans to prosper us. Well, like any happily married couple, I and Uma felt the same way about most aspects, but we had our differences when perhaps financial decisions were involved. Uma was concerned about my extravagant spending habits. She thought, her hubby was careless about money which might create problem for the family in the future, in our twilight years. Luckily, money issues have not been taking a toll in our family life because Uma plans money well and we fully satisfy all our needs. There is no place for greed ! The early periods of our wedded life, our expectations were naturally very high and the money was scarce, and hence there used to be perhaps meaningless misunderstandings out of immaturity, but we never nurtured hard feelings, because we knew that prosperity would arrive in gradual steps. Things are not hunky dory all the time. You must give your 100% to make your life sparkle. The important criteria is to enjoy life to the full because these are going to be the good old days which you would cherish in far future. Uma was always there for me whenever I needed her. She did all the monotonous household chores without complaint, for which we ought to be totally indebted to her. Utopia is the most precious gift we can give to each other. Uma holds personal communion with God. She finds solace in her daily prayers, although we make fun of her ! God is the power that allows us to differentiate between the good and the bad. God is Uma’s friend, her father and her mentor. Uma always talks with God through out the day, to seek His help in adversity, to tell Him when she is wronged, or to seek His guidance regarding her unfounded worries, but never to ask for free favours. She always requests God to make her strong and capable. Well, many a times, I and Uma brood over spiritual issues. “Is our life controlled by fate ?” “Is there any extraneous power shaping our future ?” “Why so called destiny is held responsible for whatever happens in our lives ?” “Is an individual’s destiny pre-ordained by God ?” Actually, aren’t we ourselves responsible for what we are and what we wish to be ? The paradox is, when something good happens according to our expectations, we call it our “free-will” and when we go through a bad patch, we blame it on our destiny. Practically, our thinking and actions determine what happens in our present life. Negative parameters could be changed by the power of optimism, good deeds and unshakeable belief in GOD. Prayers and trust can bring about miracles in life. With God on your side, anything is possible. But man in his ignorance and egoism does not comprehend this. Another thing I wonder, why do people go to astrologers to know their future ? What is the sense in knowing your future when you can not change it ! It is not the horoscopes or the stars that determine your fate ! Yes, up to a certain limit, everybody’s life is shaped by “Heredity”, Genes”, “Environment” or the “Standard of living”. But, ultimately, you are the one who has exclusive capacity to decide your future. It is a known fact that everything in future is not going to happen exactly as we wish. Well, I’ve not made a mention of our two wonderful daughters, Samta & Shanti, who are the jewels of our life, who are happily married and settled in New Jersey. I hold them lovingly in my heart. ARVIND NARVEKAR…….. 0091 22 28830554 09820079970 Powered by jReviews |
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