If I were any better I would be twins

An email forward that I remember goes like this.

It was about a person with a positive outlook towards life. His zest for life was such that he would exude positive vibes and people get attracted by his liveliness. When anybody asks ‘How are you?’ his answer would be ‘If I were any better I would be twins…’

It so happened that this person met with an accident and fell from the 9 floor of a building and was rushed to a hospital. The doctors and the attendant around him did not have much hope of his survival. In the Operation theatre, the head nurse who prepared him for the surgery asked the cursory question ‘Any allergies?’. He was on the verge of losing consciousness and was answering with great difficulty. ‘Yep’ he answered. Every single person in the OT stopped their work and listened to him, for any allergy implied that the usual course of drugs might have to be altered. ‘Gravity’ he completed. After everyone had a hearty laugh, he said ‘Please operate on me with the thought that I would come out alive. I want to live…’ He did indeed survive and could get back to work in the next 8 months.

I really don’t know if this is a true story, but it is one of those forwards which I don’t care to forget…

I remember reading about a handicapped person who couldn’t use both the hands draw beautiful pictures by the use of his leg. I used to be inspired by Helen Keller who was born deaf and blind. The teachers who came to teach her before her mentor, Annie Sullivan, told that ‘we cannot teach her because we cannot reach her’. She went ahead to become the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

What does all this convey? Life is not about the physical, mental or emotional situations that one is dealt with. It is about the inner spark that makes the person exercise his choice. With time this spark seems to fade. ‘I am bored’ ‘This is mundane’ ‘Just going through the normal procedures every day’ etc. seem to be a general statement these days. Stop now, make a ‘U’ turn and get the Zing going. Let the spark in each of us glow.