Cherry's World | Roy Cherian Cherukarayil's Philosophical Literature, Visual Arts and Music

Sunday, February 14, 2021

A SMALL LAPSE OF FOCUS AND THE RECOVERY FROM IT

Today was the fourth death anniversary of my father and as is the normal practice, we had wanted to attend the morning church service and take communion(the bread and wine that is offered as a part of the sacrifice at church). To take part in this, we also had to attend a confession session that closes just before the start of the Sunday mass.

I had had a sleepless night as the voltage was continuously fluctuating and the fan was speeding up and slowing down every five minutes. I had got ready pretty early and then waited for my family to dress up and get ready. The waiting went on for long and finally by the time we left home, we knew that we would not be able to make it for the confession session and therefore the plan to take communion also got closed.

I was in a disturbed frame of mind due to this and it was in this state that I had taken out my car onto the road in front of our home and was waiting for my family members to get in one by one. With my feet on the brake and hands on the steering, I was breathing heavily and I vented out my frustration on every member of my family as they got in. Once they were in and the doors were closed, I hit the accelerator pedal while still talking to them. That is where I lost my concentration and in those few seconds, my car hit a bike that had just tried to get through the gap between it and a parked car on my left. I was lucky and so was the driver of the bike that nothing serious happened. There were a few scrape marks on my car.

I told myself that I should keep my frustrations aside and focus in full while driving a vehicle. In the end, while I had attempted to vent out my frustration, I had only got more frustrated after this happening. But again, the more practical way to see it is that, frustrations are always going to be there as we cannot control the external environment, but a quick recovery from the frustrated phase to get back the focus is what is most important. And in this, I have to shamefully accept that I am still in my kindergarten.

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Poetry book 'INDELIBLE ETERNAL ETCHINGS':

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STORIES

Short Story book 'A PEARL FROM EVERY OYSTER':

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Saturday, February 13, 2021

REACHING HIGHER GROUND

Many times in life, it's the calculated risks that we take, that will get us to higher levels in life. We can always be smug and spend our time at the same level, but to push forward and go higher, many times the path would be adventurous and risky.

During our trip on this cable car in Langkawi, our guide told us after we finished this tour, as to how the cable car on one occasion, had got stuck in the middle and had remained still and suspended for hours. The visitors had gone through real panic and some of them had even missed their flights too, but all had finally come out safe.

This is sometimes what we see as the flip side in life too.

When it comes to taking risks, I think the three women in my family are way ahead. I think too much.

Location: Langkawi Sky Bridge.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

SEEKING OUT AND REACHING OUT

How did you feel while being in the troughs of life and having to seek help? Have you reached out to anyone looking for support? We need to be brave to do both.

Hesitation to ask for help or guidance is a part of our behaviour. I have also been so while going through different struggles in my life. We may attribute this to our ego or our lack of confidence to present ourselves and our situation in front of others. But the ability to seek out for help is actually being brave. It's a great step we take not only for ourselves but for all our stakeholders, be it any domain that we are into and left with the struggle.

It also takes a big heart and a big mind to reach out without condescending, to those who are desperate for help. A good mentor brings in a buoyant rhythm to our recovery.

My book of short stories, 'A Pearl From Every Oyster' (please visit the link below), has stories where mentors play a big role in reviving the protagonist Ricky from the doldrums of life.

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

LEARNING FROM THE LIBRARY OF LIFE

This concept is the central spine that holds my book of short stories together.(please visit the link below for a quick peek).

The best part of our creation and our life is that we are presented with the opportunity to learn from the life of others and the happenings around us. The more we observe, the more we learn and it's a choice we have in front of us, whether to apply these into our life.

If we wait to understand and move ahead in life only from our own experiences, then it's like deciding not to read any books that nature offers us in its vast library of life - its books that come as people and experiences.

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Sunday, January 31, 2021

PATIENCE AND POWER GO HAND IN HAND

"The greatest power is often simple patience". -E.Joseph Cossman.

Even the most powerful will have to go through situations where they would have to wait, observe and act patiently. And actually, the patience that one builds, feeds into our power, although on the outside it could give an opposite picture. Being powerful does not mean that we are capable enough to achieve just anything using it.

The most powerful run out of steam when they don't exercise patience and restraint.

Many times power is seen as an overt exhibition of our control or hold on people or situations with which we are associated. But for any influence of power to sustain and reap positive results, it has to be coupled with patience, strategy and tact.

Location: Singapore Zoo

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Saturday, January 30, 2021

THE POWER OF SOLITUDE

"Without great solitude no serious work is possible" - Pablo Picasso.

I found this island in Langkawi a great place, especially because there were very few people around. I could see long stretches of nature in its quiet form with very few humans. I don't get this ambience in a city.

It's in these solitary times that we hit the precious fathomless depths of our thinking and that's when the best of art gets created.

While most of us need a quiet place to focus, some great people have been able to find solitude and concentration while being in the middle of a cacophony. This is super human. The great cricketer Sunil Gavaskar used to mention that he could concentrate for long periods while in the middle of people talking and shouting.

Location: Beras Basah Island, Langkawi

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Thursday, January 28, 2021

WE NEED TO FIND THEM AND SPEND TIME WITH THEM

Human minds tend to group everything based on appearances and roots of origin for the purposes of primary identification. Many times, beyond the conventional spaces like the family space, the professional space, the social space and so forth, we need to find a space where we can find people who have common goals and interests.

It's but natural that many precious facets of ourselves get wiped out in these conventional spaces that run like conveyor belts, and there would be no way for us to explore into ourselves and find who we are. We need to find that space and that set of people who will understand even our smallest vibrations of passion and potential and we need to spend time with them. In that space we will get to know who we are faster.

Location: Jurong Bird Park, Singapore

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