Daily Prompt : Symptom

In response to daily post’s one-word prompt : Symptom

A visit to my physician

I remember going to a Physician, his specialty was, Internal Medicine. I was having problems I had no idea what was causing it. He was a very smart Doctor I was told, ‘you only have to describe your symptoms and he’d tell you why you are not well.’

With this assurance I went to see him. He told me to take a seat and let him know how I was feeling. I knew I wasn’t feeling well. But that was not enough for him to diagnose my sickness. I related I was exceptionally tired, when I tried to vacuum the room, I was short of breath, within seconds. I always walked to school, it was only five  minutes from my house. Recently after walking a few steps I felt my legs were exhausted. In my mind something was seriously wrong and to me it was a huge concern.

He listened and after a few minutes, he said,  ” you are suffering from Hypothyroid, and I’m going to take you off for six weeks from work, and I will prescribe  a pill which you’ll have to take for the rest of your life.”

‘It was all right if this magic pill will make me feel better, but how can I take six weeks off from teaching, who will take care of my kids?’ I asked  him.

He looked at me, and in no uncertain terms said, ‘Do not worry about them, your principal will take care of it, in your condition a patient does not get out of bed let alone go to work.’

He sounded serious. I knew my health was more important than work, and the best thing for me was  to rest and get used to the pill which he started with a slow dose and gradually increased it.

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When work is a pleasure life is a joyby Maxim Gorky,posted by Ranu

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy,

when work is duty, life is slavery Maxim Gorky

Wise men and women have left their words of wisdom for us to learn from it. I thought about the first line,”when work is a pleasure, life is a joy.”

I found my work of teaching the kids a pleasure, and I felt life is a joy, those innocent kids gave me so much pleasure by their thoughtfulness, they were aware I was scared of walking on the ice, they’d come forward to help me walk on our parking lot which was always a sheet of ice in the winter.

We have long winters here where I live, I learned to depend on the kids to help me whenever our school parking lot was icy, life was a joy watching the kids extend their hands to me to safely reach the building, where can anyone find this act of kindness.

The second line made me chuckle,”when work is duty,life is slavery.”

I recall the time when my husband’s brother visited us with his family. He’d want me to make special breakfast for him and his family, he wanted me to prepare special lunch and dinner too. One day I came for lunch from school, instead of eating lunch and go back to work, I had to cook special lunch for the five of them, I didn’t have time to do the dishes because I had to go back to work. My sister-in-law said,”It’s okay Bhabi(sister-in-law) I’ll take care of the dishes.”

When I came back from work at 4 pm the dishes were left in the sink, the in-laws  didn’t bother to help me wash the dishes,instead they said, “We were waiting to have a cup of tea.”

“When work is duty,life is slavery”, I completely agree. It’s my fault too, I should have made sure to let them know that they should do the dishes, I didn’t and they took advantage of me.

https://sabethville.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/when-work-is-a…posted-by-ranu

Some quotes by Khalil Gibran

1. If you love somebody ,

let them go,

for if they return,

they were always yours,

And if they do not,

they were never yours.

2. A little knowledge that acts

is worth more

than much knowledge that is idle.

3. When we turn to one another

for counsel we reduce

the number of our enemies.

4. The smallest act of kindness

is worth more than

the greatest intention.

5. Our anxiety does not

come from thinking

about the future,

but from wanting to control it.

6. If you cannot work with love,

but only with distaste,

it is better that

you should leave

your work.

I found the above quotes very useful, I therefore decided to share them with my friends.

: https://sabethville.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/some-quotes-by-khalil-gibran/

 

DP Daily Prompt:Work? Optional!

If money were out of the equation,would you still work? If yes, why, and how much? If not, what would you do with your free time?

If money were  out of the equation, I will not work.

There is so much one can do other than a 9 to 5 job. We may think we have a lot of free time, actually we don’t. When we work for money,almost all of our time we spend working, when we are unable to get it done in the office we bring it home. As a result we completely neglect,the house in which we live.

In my free time, I  can  work in the garden, the hedge I planted few years ago hasn’t grown the way it should, the winter was very harsh, I was unable to cover it before the arrival of winter.

There is also plenty of work inside the house, which I can do.

I’m enjoying blogging, I can use my free time to write short stories, biographies of my favorite poets and philosophers. I think I would love to use my free time to read some of the books,  I have not read yet.

ttp://sabethville.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/dp-daily-promptwork-optional

DP Daily Prompt:

You wake up one day and realize you’re ten years older than you were in the previous night. Beyond the initial shock, how does this development change your life plans?

I don’t think this can ever happen, me oblivious to the fact I’m older and I find out after ten years is something unbelievable. Even a year does not make sense. To be ten years older overnight, I don’t think is possible. Unless like the fairy tale I magically fall asleep and wake up ten years later.

At first it’ll puzzle me, all my friends are older,they are way ahead in life, and I’m not it’s going to be difficult to be in this position, I’d start making plans to recover the time I’ve lost by sleeping all those years, it will be hours of continuous work to make up the lost years.

One most important thing would be to assess my financial situation, if it hasn’t changed, it would be awesome.

My plan would also be to find out who put me to sleep all those years and why. How did they benefit from it, if it was only to see if their magic worked, I will continue the same way I did before I slept all  those years.

k: https://sabethville.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/dp-daily-prompt-5

Tagore song Singer Deb Biswas Posted by Ranu

The lyrics is by Rabindranath Tagore

Writing Prompt: S/He said

Pause whatever you’re doing, and ask the person nearest you what they’re thinking about(call someone if you have to).Write a post about it.

Here is a dialogue I had with my friend :

Me: Hi, how are you?

Friend: I am well, I am worried about my work that I completed two days ago.The people I work with do not take things seriously,their lackadaisical attitude worries me.There is only one person who understands how urgent it is to get things moving.

Me: They need constant reminders to get moving. I don’t know what it is about these people, why they are so lazy and unmotivated. I once thought maybe the weather is a big factor,but I’ve realized there are other reasons.

Friend: what kind of reasons do you think?

Me: A while ago I went to the DPI’s office (Director O f Public Instruction) to get my resignation accepted ASAP, so that I could get clearance from the state bank to go to England. It was a very simple matter, all they had to say was,”Yes your resignation is accepted.” I could not see the D.P.I because the clerk kept making excuses. By his demeanor I realized he wanted me to bribe him. I made up my mind I was not going to give him any money, the result was I was shuttled back and forth between one particular clerk in the D.P.I’s office and my school principal.

Friend: It is sad we have to bribe them to do work they’re already paid for.

Me: I know, I hope you’ll be able to get your work done.

This is my dialogue with my friend .

: https://sabethville.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/writing-prompt-s/he-said

 

DP Daily Prompt: Wasted days and wasted nights

Tell us your tried and true techniques for focusing when that deadline looms and you need to get work done, how do you avoid wasted days and wasted nights?

Actually I tend to leave things  to be done a few days before the deadline. It’s a very stressful time for me. I am not a night person, so I depend on the daytime. I get up early and start doing the work I neglected to do all week. This means I don’t cook,don’t clean up, as far as food goes I always have leftovers and I don’t mind eating them to save time, thank God someone invented the micro wave oven,things get heated in a jiffy.

As far as cleaning goes I conveniently leave it until I complete the work to meet the deadline. I tell myself I hope no one visits me these few days, because I don’t like the label,”She is a messy housewife”.

This is how I take care of the deadline,not a great thing to do I guess, as long as the work is done and I have successfully completed it, ‘I’m as happy as a lark.”

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/prompt-wasted-days/

DP Daily Prompt: Love to Love You Ranu’s post

There are many things, I love about myself. I feel happy when I help someone,it can be work, cook, baby sitting, I do not like seeing anyone having trouble with these things. Of course it has to be within my means. I am friendly and polite.

I love a kind person,one who feels for someone in need. One who is helpful and not critical. Someone who shows affection. I love people who are happy. I love the kind of person,who makes me feel important and someone who is pleased to have me as a friend.

DP Daily Prompt: Secret of Success Post by Ranu

I consider blogging an “Art”.  I have ways to go to achieve this special ‘Art’. In my opinion I am doing well. Anytime I am able to write the daily prompts successfully according to my estimation, my attempts are worth considering. Then if I even have one follower who likes what I write,it is victory for me.

Since I’ve joined the daily prompt group,I am exposed to a variety of topics,I have written as much as was possible. Some were easier than others. The main thing is I’ve taken the prompts and made them my own.  Opinions differ about the”Secret of Success”, I feel if I can nail the topic my way, that’s the secret of my success. Granted when my work is published, you wouldn’t find it crowded with comments,I’ll probably have one or at the most two. It really does not matter and it will not stop me to continue writing. The pleasure I derive from writing a paragraph or two each morning is enough for me to tell myself ,”I AM SUCCESSFUL’!