Stress of Lockdown
(Part II)
Think of Seniors,
Super Seniors, Oldies and Goldies
(Coffee starts the
Day)
The Govt. of India
had asked the citizens to stay at home
right from 25th March 2020, when the Lockdown was first imposed;
senior citizens have been confined even though there has been opening up of the
system simply because people lack Corona Appropriate Behaviour endangering not
only others but themselves also.
Immunity decreases with age, so this has also prompted many youngsters to ask
seniors to stay safe at home. Chronic diseases erode immunity of elderly people
has made them more prone to Corona. In addition, the number of deaths of the
seniors has confirmed the fears of the younger generation. So to stay inside is
in favour of everybody and seniors the more. We must reconcile and manage that
way.
"A daily routine built on good habits and
disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The
routine is exceptionally powerful."
Darren Hardy
A common man in his
golden years, when the shadows of trees of life like marriage, youth, spouse,
digestion, children their education marriage and their settlement, have
lengthened, has no routine in the sense people understand: still he has the routine the one he follows:
that is enough to live a wonderful, stress free and active life worthy to boast
of. Get up from your bed in wee hours of
the day: thanking the Lord for the wonderful sleep and the sweet dreams you had
last night. Sit straight for a few minutes with eyes shut having image of the
Lord therein, in your bed itself, in obeisance.
Move to the toilet if you have the urge: if not then do
something for it, like taking a glass of warm water or strolling at home or
having a cup of tea whereas smokers say it is after the smoke, I do not know
where the magic lies but fact is, it is not as easy as said. You have to
prepare a night before, if you are not taking enough roughage - fibrous
indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs which aids the passage of food
and waste products through the gut, like some herbal or allopathic tablets. Do
whatever you want to do but ensure that the stomach is clean otherwise, it
upsets rest of the day with a gloom on one’s face. Clean your teeth and throat
thoroughly: remember no medicine or antibiotic can clean the excess mucus
already produced and deposited by the glands in the throat so clean your throat
with warm water as deep as possible and gargle with gurgling sound with a
little salt in the look warm water that will give you freshness you would love.
Now go the temple at home; stand before the
Lord with folded hands: chant the prayer if you know one: if you do not know,
no problem, Lord has no name and he has thousands of name: a normal person at
this age has already seen the Lord in different religious places, if somebody
has not, it is no problem: issue is one must know the image of Lord to
concentrate on, so make your own image of the Lord if you are not familiar with the one and bring
it before your eyes and then to your heart, feel you are before the Lord and He
is before you. Now repeat the name of the Lord as many times as you like with
His image in eyes as seen somewhere or known to you, repeat as many names as
you know, all the different names end in one Lord. Feel presence of the Lord
near and around you, He is listening even your silence. Next step is, thank the
Lord for whatever you have and achieved in life and He has bestowed on you, be
grateful and submissive. Tell the Lord names of all those, for whom you want
His blessings: always remember requests, prayers made for others as accepted by
the Lord quickly. What blessings you want from the Lord, it is big question,
but always seek good health, advancement, comfort, peace, wealth and other
treasures. Remember He exactly knows what you want even without saying. Lastly
make special prayer if any. Thank Lord once again before leaving.
When the heart gets into prayer, every beat of the heart
creates a miracle.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Now proceed to prepare
coffee for yourself and your spouse,
the way and the taste you like with sugar or without sugar, light or strong,
may be black coffee, milk coffee, cream coffee, espresso coffee or some other,
add to it whatever you like, never forget to add love and affection while
preparing coffee. Smell the steam coming out of the hot coffee pot. What a
wonderful aroma. Take the coffee pot to your drawing room in a beautiful tray
cover with tea-cosy. Sit as comfortably as you can in your drawing room, which
you have decorated so tastefully to receive the guests known and unknown but
you never enjoyed its lure and ambience: no need to switch on the lights;
morning twilight coming from the door or windows or behind the curtains is
enough: coolness of the morning breeze will add to it a charm to remember that
lingers on. Pour the coffee in most colorful cups may be preserved from the
days of your marriage with many memories inscribed thereon. Pour this dark
brown gold with style and honour no spills, no hurry, only the fragrance of
coffee all round. Pour in two cups. Make your spouse to sit with you the way
you were doing on a date before marriage away from the eyes of others specially
the known ones at a very special place. Enjoy sip by sip, every sip, as if you
are in the most loved place you ever thought of and coffee is a drink from
heaven, with memories of the past or the plans of the future which is dark and
deep but we want it golden happy.
“As long as there
was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”
Cassandra Clare
End this morning coffee session as wonderfully and cozy
as you want;
may be a lovely kiss or a hug reassuring your love for the day, and can be
still higher remembrance of the golden early days of the marriage. Hold hand of
your bride, the girl friend and move out taking each step in style and with
attitude that she enjoys.
“I’d never met
coffee that wasn’t wonderful. It was just a matter of how wonderful it was.”
Laurell K. Hamilton
“A good day starts with a positive attitude and a great
cup of coffee.”
Some Great
Soul
After the coffee session move to your living room, where you spend
most of your time, with wife, children, friends and even unknowns, having lunch
and dinner; and also all nonsense sessions talking about Corona news, messages,
whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter where people write beyond your apprehension, and
listen, not talk, the devotional music from the masters and entertain your soul to the best of positive thoughts the only
condition is engross with the words, their meaning, essence, feeling the presence of the Lord and His
actions, see Him showering blessing on you, for your wonderful day. The
devotional music takes you to inside from outside, sing if you can, still
better if with family, it’s a journey to the truth, enlightenment, bliss and to
enjoy the present the greatest truth, everything happen before you. Continue as
long as possible and be in attendance of the Lord.
If you sing alone in your shrine, the vibrations return
to you as a reaction. But in community singing, what you have is not a reaction
but a wave of vibrations. They enter into the atmosphere and purify the
polluted air.
Sathya Sai Baba
A good start to the
day, now
you can have bath, body massage, shave hair cut also and then the breakfast
like a king. You must take care of yourself as much as possible because you are
replica of the Lord and He has trusted you the duty to keep it healthy. The
stress has gone with coffee and the music and be happy all the day in your home
the lovely home not the confinement.
Your future is found
in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what others do occasionally!
Paula White
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