Weakness

 Weakness! Is it the mind or the body that is weak? I have always believed that it is the mind. The mind makes you or mars you, has been my faith. If the mind has the s(t)ay, you can climb a huge mountain with just two cups of coffee, too, as i proved to myself at Vaishno Devi.

All that is fine and true. Yet when you are down with fever due to climate change, your body suddenly makes its presence felt. Every muscle and each joint ache so horribly that you are left with no option but to rest.

I had that feel at the first shot of the anti corona vaccine. As it is the great nurse in that wonderful hospital, despite my multiple protests, gave that injection almost in the neck. Well, i did not have high fever, but for fifteen days at least thereafter, i suffered a terrible body ache.

Often it happened to Aai as well. Her body just would not respond at times. Even when she wanted to complete the crossword puzzle in the newspaper, her favourite hobby, her back would ache terribly. Most often, others in the peak of health do not realise it though. 

Yet again how much we are controlled by the paramedical staff, is unimaginable. In the Mangeshkar hospital, Aai had nasal feed. If you did not remind the staff on time, they would cool forget as if the old and the fragile do not deserve constant care! Remembered it because of the nurse who gave me the corona vaccine shot almost in the neck.

In brief, the mind matters the most, but the body, too, has its say on the weak days!

Pratima@It is not merely the mind that                             makes a heaven. It is the body                           ache that is pure hell. Milton is                           sure to forgive this (mis)use of                           his great quote.