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As we get older, our circumstances and situations change, and it is almost impossible for us to be prepared for it all. Life will always fling a curve ball at us when we least expect it. Staying agile is not only a business virtue; it is a life skill we all need to cultivate, especially as we get older. Let’s get agile. Let’s stay relevant.
Many of us who have had parents live well into their advanced years, feel anxious about their well-being. We want them to stay well and safe. We want them to be pain and worry free. We are anxious to take care of them, tend to them, and nurse them. We do not want them to fall ill, deteriorate mentally or in their bodies. And as loving and caring individuals, we want to wrap them into safe and warm cocoons. We do not want them to indulge in any behaviour that may cause them harm. We fully believe that we are doing the right thing, and we are. But is there another side to this care and concern, that we do not care to think about?
I want to talk about what a great time it is to be young, free, fertile, single, and a woman in today’s world. Let’s stay relevant.
So long as the other, usually a youngster, a child, or a pet, is doing as instructed and are obliging, we are happy to call them good. Rarely, do we pause to consider: what is good and what is bad, especially when it comes to how we bring up our girls?
All of us, at some time or the other, make assumptions about what others’ need. We are both sympathetic and empathic beings. And we are not always wrong. But, when we unknowingly project our needs and wants on to others, we are on thin ice. This is particularly true when it comes to the relationship between a mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law. Let’s learn to stay relevant.
We have very different ways of accepting, and handling vulnerabilities. And, as people, we are always trying very hard not to show it. Let's understand and accept this and stay relevant.