In rich English language there is an idiom by the phrase “at sixes
and sevens” and it is used to express the confused state of a person, office,
institution, organizations, groups, etc. It also means that some things are not in
order or things are in disarray. Sometimes I get a feeling that I am too
confused. But I hope it is not the case of being at sixes and sevens. I can
decide few things and I can stop or start few things. There are many minds in
one body. One mind tries to do things while the other tries to stop or give new
ideas. At times, it is the content of the traditional song Tshering Changmey Tsela, “I could have gone looking for Dharma if I did not have my
old parents” and “it is for the kids that I am not looking towards the
hermitages. For a humanely soul, the kids are priority is what I have seen
and what exactly is happening with an individual like me too.
Figure 1. Confused. What more?
Sometimes, the concept of “life is short make the best
out of it” come into your mind but it is even unfair for you to follow that
since you have stakeholders who are struggling but have played a vital role in
your life as you grow and those who are growing with lots of hope. Being mindful of all these small but important things is vital too. So, “leaving your people you cannot move away in search of peace” applicable phrase from the old song Tshering
Changmey Tsela. Thus, you cannot get out of the net of Samsara even if you are fully aware and even if that’s doable. So, be there.
Losing your partner at this age is confusing. I am
realizing that my wife left me at the wrong time. All the time, it is company
that you need at home and places you go. Once your partner is not around that also
after so many years of togetherness, it is devastating. For quite a number of
days and weeks you would be waiting for her calls from home when you are on
long distance duty and long days travels. You miss her a lot for the first one
year and it goes on. It is at this juncture that you feel like having a
replacement, but unfortunate, it is not like replacing a torn shoe or an old shirt
with new one. There are complex situations. That you cannot get someone like
your late wife is confirmed but it is also fixed that the new one will have
her share of demands like having kids, house to live, a good car to drive and
many more. The question here is “are you prepared for all such things at this
time?” Can you manage the new cycle of visible Samsara? This situation is called luan qi ba zao in Chinese, meaning messy and confusing. Had she left
me a bit later, it could have been easier for me to handle the situation. It is
not too good to mention this, but I must confess that sometimes even the
physical demand is fixing you up😂😂😂. It is wrong to lose a partner at this age and you realize that all these confusions have come out of her absence. I just wish that there are no physical demands, no mental
stress, no mind to recall things. But complex humans have complex arrangement
in the brain. Thus, there is no hope that things will get better in the mind although you work very hard to change your things post the disastrous demise of your partner.
I see a sixty-year-old man holding a lady whose age is less than half his. I see many veterans having arm candies at teens and these worldly things sometimes give you a feeling “I am just in forties, why can’t I have one like them.” But at what cost? It's not money, not wealth but your happiness and peace. Will the partner carry me till the end? What if the same thing happen to her like the first one? Will she mind from inside her heart and soul if I land up in troubles? Or is it for killing the time that she is seeking my company or is it that she is wanting some luxuries that I cannot provide? Lots of questions which may have answers but undesirable ones. And these things thoroughly confuse me. Makes me lost. Unsure. Puzzled. Baffled.
Further, as it must, we have people in between who want to suggest
things and put you in an al tres y al cuatro
situation, the Chilean expression for a person thoroughly confused by direct or
indirect advises from various seniors and peers with mostly good intents but which might lead to no where. Their advice can be good as well as bad. Some of my
good friends want me to have a partner who is soft, sober and kind so that I can face aging (together with her), the sure thing that's happening while another set of my very good friends think I should not go for another unison since I am already through more than half of my total living hours😂😂😂. In this type of
scenario, it is hard to move further as I am unable to see the road ahead triggered by confusions. Many
a times you feel it necessary to have a company but quite often you get a
feeling of not needing one, clearly indicating the vast state of my confusion.
I am into the second year without a partner and I
have learned lessons not many have learnt. Being a simple and straight forward
individual, it never occurred to me that such things will cross my life. But it
did and gave me a message for life. When your good partner is gone, it is like
losing half of yourself. Everything embraces shambles. The house is in complete
chaos. Children are scattered. No one can do much to support you. They don't owe you much. They have their own struggles. You have to face your own situations. The best way is to get rid of confusion if that's possible but you can't. You stay confused.
You become aloof and do not want to hear much from others. The situation is sitta u sitta,
tnax which in Maltese language means aloof and has no idea what’s going on.
I but hope that at least I know what’s happening. My children wanted to study
in a school very far away from me, I agreed. They do not want me to see with
another partner, agreed. They want to be with their maternal grand parents and
cousins, agreed. Everything agreed. I am told they are happy. If they are happy I am happy. After all, they are the only ones that matter to me. I hope that they realize what they must
do. A dad can provide whatever they want but cannot quite force them what to do. The only thing that I am not confused with is to provide my girls what they want and reach them wherever they want to go. Otherwise, the situation is like, confused at what to do, lost at where to do, undecided at how to do and unsure at when to do. A hell lot of confusions.
The easiest thing in the world is eating, defecating and drinking and everyone can do these without much ado. But for me the situation is different. I get easily confused. It is like "what am I doing?" Where do I start again? How do I do it once more. Would it benefit me and my people. Baffled. THOROUGH CONFUSION.
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT?
I can’t fix someone for my problems. Thus, it must be
me and my stakeholders including my late wife for such a situation – no difference
between right and wrong. Everyone has a situation. Everyone has problem but not
like mine. Whatever it is, I must own the mistake, I must.
I never share my problem with anyone and I will never do it. I don't want them to be solved by others. Even if I have my leg hanging out of a cut I will not share my problem. But writing in this blog relieves me of my stress and I am sure not many will come and see me here. So, I assume that I am free.
I never share my problem with anyone and I will never do it. I don't want them to be solved by others. Even if I have my leg hanging out of a cut I will not share my problem. But writing in this blog relieves me of my stress and I am sure not many will come and see me here. So, I assume that I am free.
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This is my personal thought and anything written here is not intended to harm or promote people or things mentioned here. No one is authorized to use the content of this blog for either personal or private purpose. People mentioned here in are fictitious characters and any resemblance to anyone with some characters or more are purely coincidence.
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