NOT ONLY WHEN OLD BUT IN ALL AGES. KR IRS 101125 पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति |
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मन: || 26|| patram pushpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayachchhati tadaham bhaktyupahritam ashnami prayatatmanah BG 9.26: If one offers to Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or even water, I delightfully partake of that item offered with love by My devotee in pure consciousness. On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 at 23:18, Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: N Sekar <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2025, 9:38 PM > Subject: Fwd - On getting old > To: Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>, Narayanaswamy Sekar < > [email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>, > Suryanarayana Ambadipudi <[email protected]>, Chittanandam V. R. < > [email protected]>, Mathangi K. Kumar <[email protected]>, > Mani APS <[email protected]>, Rama (Iyer 123 Group) <[email protected]>, > Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>, Surendra Varma < > [email protected]> > > > Thought for the day !! > > Question: I am scared about getting old . what if I become a burden to > others? > > What we often hear : “These days, I feel like I am slowing down. I forget > things, get tired easily, can’t do what I used to. Children are busy with > their lives . I don’t want to trouble anyone. Sometimes I wonder what if I > fall sick? Who will take care of me? I don’t want to become a burden. I get > scared when I see a few of my friends of my age leaving this world after > illness” > > How often this worry sits quietly in our minds , not spoken, but always > present, especially at night. > > Our saints remind us gently growing old is not a fall, it is a return. > When the body slows, the soul finally gets space to rest. When the outer > roles fade as a parent, worker, caretaker while the inner role begins: > being a child of God again. > > Just like the moon looks smaller after full moon, but still carries the > same light, aging only removes the noise, not the worth. God doesn’t see > wrinkles, He sees devotion. > > Once, an old devotee came to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and said tearfully, > “Swami, I can no longer sit long for meditation. I forget mantras. I feel > useless.” > > Ramakrishna smiled and said, > “When a child learns to walk, the mother holds its hand. > When the child grows tired, the mother carries it. So too ,when your > strength fades, let God carry you.” > > That is the essence of spiritual aging , it is not losing control, it is > learning to be carried by faith. > > When your hands tremble and you can’t do long pooja, just whisper His name > ,that one word is enough. When your eyes can’t read the shloka, listen to > bhajans . He hears your heart, not your pronunciation. When you can’t fast > or climb the temple steps, offer your smile, your kindness, your > forgiveness. A quiet heart is the highest offering. > > Think of an old veena ,maybe the strings are worn, but the music it > carries is deeper, softer, full of bhava.That is how a life of prayer > sounds in old age. > > Saint Purandara Dasa sang: > > “When we can’t carry life by our strength, He comes to carry us by His > grace. > > Saint Meera said “When all have left, my Giridhari stays.”That’s the quiet > faith that sustains old age , the company that never leaves. > > Don’t fear becoming a burden. > God is quietly shifting you from doing to being. You cared for others all > your life , now let Him care for you. Dependence is not weakness; it’s > divine surrender. > > Thought for the day > > When your body grows weak, let your faith grow strong. The hands that once > held others are now held by Him. > > Dhanyosmi 🙇♂️🙏 > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZcKEPZoyWigeX40rQbF4i1k1Dw%3DNSMmD%3DqXEh3B6AkGoA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZcKEPZoyWigeX40rQbF4i1k1Dw%3DNSMmD%3DqXEh3B6AkGoA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZopsU-Jch0%2BfWYadTY85Mfng%2BZ0vOy0DbYof5Ckbgg5LAg%40mail.gmail.com.
