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‘Sometimes I feel I want to blurt out so much but it gets stuck somewhere
Sometimes I see you wanting to tell me something but it gets stuck somewhere
Sometimes I see us sharing a few difficult sentences but then it gets stuck somewhere….\’
I feel like most of my life I have been a box of feelings, I feel so much so often that I cannot get my thoughts in order.
Checking my WhatsApp chat list made me realise so many people I would chat with on a regular basis now have slid down the chat list bit by bit, and ofcourse I too have in their list.
There are days I want to reach out to so many of my friends and family and I just cannot, the thought of organising my thoughts to have a in depth conversation seems like a big task. So I let our chats disappear somewhere as life takes over in the present moment.
I realised this is how some of my friends and family also must feel. That there is so much to say that nothing comes out.
I sometimes visualise all of us in a factory somewhere, a factory of feelings, each person in a different shape of a box, either big or small or dented , either bright or dull or patched up. Regardless of the exterior, there is so much stored inside, feelings that can run a river. Yet nothing comes out.
I believe we all have become so emotionally independent and also empathetic that we think multiple times before reaching out to anyone.
I honestly feel as if I am disturbing someone who clearly has a lot going on, that I don\’t want to cast a shadow over someone\’s sunshine, so I just deal with myself.
But off late more and more I feel that I have boxed up my feelings and so have so many people around me. I truly believe that we should open the box and let out our emotions bit by bit.
Maybe….
Sometimes I speak at length and you listen
Sometimes you speak at length and I listen
Sometimes we both speak so that feelings flow …
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Dr Nalini Parthasarathi, 79, based in Puducherry has dedicated 30 years of her life caring for people suffering from hemophilia.
It is amazing when a person turns personal adversity into a calling, and extends empathy to make a significant impact in the lives of other people. This has been the life’s journey of Dr Nalini Parthasarathi.
April 17 is World Hemophilia Day. Dr Nalini Parthasarathi, 79, based in Puducherry has dedicated 30 years of her life caring for people suffering from hemophilia. She was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
Hemophilia is a condition where one or more clotting factor is absent leading to bleeding. Severe cases can be life-threatening.
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