...contd....
We
could do lots of discussions in between because our ‘Guru’ was receiving lots of
calls today. She usually is very disciplined and professional in this regard.
She doesn’t receive any calls during day time and especially during classes.
But today she was excusing herself so many times to receive these calls! Couple
of students had even commented about that today! But most of us felt it strange
but didn’t complain because it came as a blessing for us to discuss and get
clarity among ourselves.
It
was during lunch that Aziz told us that ‘her’ parent was in hospital and was
serious. She was the one who was looking into every aspect of medication there
through these phones. She was guiding and assisting others who were there. She
was the one always taking decisions and also taking the brunt of it, he told
wryly. He was close to her family and had the opportunity of watching her
handling such situations before. After completion of class, she would rush to
hospital and be in charge of everything in person from then on.
We
were shocked to hear this! She was in the middle of ‘handling such an emotional
crisis’ and yet did not cancel this session nor was she absent-minded. She
continued exactly from where she left. We had to learn this multi-tasking and
switching on/off in an instance from her. How many things more to learn? And
yet we were still at place asking ‘should I forgive if he calls me names?’ it
was at these times, I felt I had no hope for my growth. I felt I had hardly
started after these many years of her hard work. How many times more can I pity her for taking
me as her student?
And
she, she knew it all along. But she....
Mein
maan bhi loon kabhi haar...
Tu
mane na....
She
never gave up on us. She never quit on us. She knew us and yet was with us. Is
this not the way to ‘live’ a relationship? Knowing someone and yet loving them,
caring for them and bearing them? She was leading by example and we hardly saw
it. Even when we saw we took it for granted!
...contd....
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