Baba’s Birthday
Dear Baba’s birthday today! June 12,2026 He would be 86 today. He continues to be in the thoughts. Wrote down the thoughts that occupied the mind today: Each of us needs to get out of the shadows of our parent(s) and find ourselves. If we are honest, more than likely, we may find that we are not different from them. Yet the exercise of finding ourselves independently is essential. It brings great humility, gratitude and renewed respect and confidence. Identifying our own faults makes us seek their forgiveness rather than show the audacious arrogance to forgive them for their mistakes or shortcomings. Much gratitude to everything Dad did for me and the lessons I learned from him. Remembering him allows to experience all the emotions that come with being human. Experiencing them in the raw form has become increasingly obsolete. Reliving them under the pretext of old memories allows to retain understanding of other fellow humans. The simple joys, the unconditional love, the str...