Today is one of "those" days. One of "those" days is when I wake up with a whale of a headache that shows no signs of abating with the waning of daylight :-( So in between banging my head against the wall, massaging my temple and forehead, closing my eyes, splashing cold water all over my face et al, I try to be proactive and think of a long term solution instead of resorting to these futile workarounds.
I am reminded of a little girl I saw on TV when I was a little girl myself...she was all of 10 years old, a native of Maldives, and she was featured on a programme that they used to air on DD (the SAARC programme). So this little girl stated very categorically, that she wanted to become a doctor when she grew up, because she had lost someone to heart disease. That is sheer determination...I mean it is one thing to say such a thing to yourself, but when you go ahead and say it on international TV, it takes courage and it shows your determination (well that's my take, and I hope and am quite sure that she is a doctor now!) So then, why was I speaking about the little--girl--who--has--now--grown--up--and--hopefully--become--a--cardiologist? Simple, I was inspired by her determination to find a long term and lasting solution to what she perceived to be a big and painful problem.
So what is it that stopped me from becoming a doctor specialising in "throbbing headaches" ? Were they not throbbing enough?Damn it they were, and they have always been! And they started when I was 16, so I was at that critical juncture where I could have made the all important decision to become a medico instead of a techie and find a cure to a bad "disease"...sigh..So this means that I was not determined enough when I was 16 :-
What it also means is that perhaps I am not so selfish after all (that's a relief, considering that over the past few days I have been making conclusions to the contrary almost every single waking hour!)...why not? Simply because if I were selfish enough, I would drop everything else and find a way to stop the throbbing headaches!Having said all that, I still wonder why they happen...the throbbing headaches i.e.
Hubby suggested that they are stress induced, but what's the stress in "ghode bechkar sona" (translated literally, it means "sell the horses and sleep") for 9 hours ???
I don't want to add an afterthought, because the entire piece looks like an afterthought to me, so instead of putting in the statuatory warning as a post script or a disclaimer, I shall put it in the main script itself :-) "If anyone feels dizzy or is found to be gnashing his/her teeth after reading this, rest assured, the intention was not to harm you beyond probably inducing a "throbbing headache" so that I have partners in investigative methodologies against them! :-)
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