Crossing street can be quite a daunting task especially in the
morning hours when the maddening traffic would turn into a nightmare
on Delhi Streets. But unfortunately everyone of us has to do that and
then would have to complain about the same too.
Usually cars do not catch my fancy.
While juggling to cross the street this morning, a car zipped past
me on the street. Nothing special, just a usual car but what caught
my attention was the sticker displayed on it. I shook my head when I
saw an "In Loving Memory" sticker plastered across its rear
window.
What
a strange place for a memoriam, I
thought. I've thought this dozens of times.
I
have often seen messages and names engraved and plastered all over
the screens and often have made fun of them too along with my
siblings, usually my partners -in- crime. But for the first time saw
this kind of message.
For some reason, seeing the lettering fade into
the distance on the car jarred me.
In
some ways, that's the perfect place for a reminder.
Grief can feel like a deep, unmoving, unmoveable eternity.
But when we start pushing against it, defeating the feeling of losing
someone, it begins the natural progression towards a greater movement
beyond.
Losing or not losing a loved one is entirely our own prerogative. And
when we have made the decision of not losing on love and affection,
we can see glimmers of how we carry that person with us in our love.
Adorning the car with something powerful like this is simply
great......
and a beautiful way to remind that though I may not hug you again, I
still feel you, remember you and take you with me …..everywhere,
every moment!
