(Dr) Atul gawande wrote a book called Being Mortal
A Grim but true look about the thing happening to each one of us!
All the pain and trials of the world and in the end, each one of us is going to be this! Whether you are poor or rich or middle class! The best thing is that it does not have any gender preference!
The greatest sportsperson to the weakest little child born today would finally become this at some point!
Some may be more or less but most start getting there the moment they are born!
Interestingly this is not restricted to humans! This happens to each and every one of us! The trees which may be a sapling now and will becomes a big one with branches all over! Even that mighty tree would become this one day!
The small puppy who falls more and walks less! Then looks at you with cute eyes would one day become this!
The little toddler who wants to walk but falls! Then again gets up and walks again! Over and over till he or she can walk! Even that kid will become this at some point!
The little bird chick who patiently wait for their mother to get food! Crying and waiting with open beaks! The bird may fly away to start its own family one day but still will become this one fine day!
That irritating boss who does not do anything but still wants results! That colleague who irritates you with his stories! That Guard who usually does not care for you but suddenly smiles and even salutes you when he wants something!
That shopkeeper who smiles at you when you buy a lot but frowns when you just want some change!
That irritating guy on the road driving in front of you going so slow! And that equally irritating one who is behind you who wants to go fast! That Liar…I mean Lawyer who is charging you for an issue which when you think about could have been done and dusted by simply talking! That politician who says he or she does not want any post or position ever and then does everything to hold on to his or her seat or post! That wise man or woman who tells you to be calm and not get angry and loses his or her temper when the water is not cold enough!
Or that doctor who is great when he or she charges less and you get better and is really bad when the bill is high and so is your pressure!
Your partner who is great till he or she listens to you! Then becomes irritating when both the hearing and the listening stops!
The children who make you proud when they score great marks and of course they become your spouse’s children when they score bad!
The friends and relatives who are great when they are yours and become irritating when they are well, not yours!
That newsreader who is great and truthful when he or she tells great things about your favourite political party! The same person becomes loud and irritating when he praises the ‘other’ team!
The friends of the whatsapp group who send GIFs in an instant for anything and everything or those who simply peek and say or do nothing!
All of these are going to become this at some point! It may be slow for some and it may be incomplete for others! Many would start feeling this the moment they are born while many would not feel even after running and working the whole day!
Millions of money have been spent to reverse this but till date, you can even beat some malignancy and very severe illness, but you cannot escape this! Even the president of the biggest country to a homeless person in the poorest one is becoming this every single day!
Many times when we see patients with symptoms we cannot cure or completely treat, we simply accept this and announce that they have become this!
A three letter word which is the universal truth!
But whether anyone accepts or not, you me and everyone else are becoming this slowly and steadily!
That word is OLD!
Every single day, your body is becoming old! Your gums are receding, your back is hurting and your vision and hearing is going down! You are forgetting more and getting angry even more! You like to sleep more and take a break as much as possible! The hair is changing colour and for some the hair is running away!
Just remember that that one person who irritates you the most will one day also become old! Now that is real GOLD!
Gold also is Isaignani Ilayaraja!
Great though that we got to see RCB take the cup before Kohli became old!
Great going RCB!
Now sleep well if you can!
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