Wednesday, January 03, 2007

New beginnings

We would all love to start the new year with some joy, cheer and optimism. I apologize if this post is not fitting to the mood of the season. But I found this topic to be more meaningful than all my usual blabber and more representative of new beginnings.

On the first working day of the new year, a colleague of mine had sad news to share - his cousin's 3 year old son had been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Luekemia (ALL), a form of blood cancer. This is the 2nd time in the last couple of months that I had heard of the disease. Two months back, I had received an email from a colleague, appealing for financial aid for Aditya, a 4 year old kid affected by ALL, whose only hope lay in an expensive Bone Marrow Transplant that could be done only in the U.S. Incidentally, Aditya's mother had also worked for our firm a few years back. He is now undergoing treatment in the U.S. Words cannot describe the suffering that these kids and their parents endure. God help them in their suffering and give them the courage to sail through this. http://adityak02.googlepages.com/latestupdates - This page has updates posted by Aditya's dad on his health. There is also a link through which donations can be made for his treatment.

It is when one hears such things that one realizes the pettiness of whining about the small hicuups faced in life. For a while, let us stop being warped in our problems - Let us pray for the health and long life of these kids and the many many others who die of hunger, malnutrition and disease. Let them have new beginnings and reason for hope and optimism. Let this world be a better place for them this year. Let the buds stand a chance to bloom..

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Now that's why I dont even take the effort of framing new year resolutions! :)