Hospital

Dear Amma,

It's the end of a long day.It was a new experience, going through a series of tests at a huge, crowded hospital. I've always been really healthy and seeing so many people there, made me think about how amazing a gift good health is, and how important it is to keep our bodies that way. I know I really abuse my body, with poor food habits and no exercise.

Makes me wonder, do we do the same to our minds? Do those of us who tend to eat junk food, also tend to take in mental junk? Do those of us who take care of our bodies also take care of our minds? It's frightening to think my mind is in the same pathetic state I can see my body is in. Physically and mentally unwell.Healthy food and appropriate exercise, is the key to both healthy body and mind, it appears.

Amma, thank you for giving me my dear love. He is beyond price and means everything to me. Amma, let me be of value to him too, not the burden I am right now. Let me love him and support him and guide him, just as he does me. He's been telling me to go for a check up for a long, long time now. When I finally went today, I wondered why I could not have done it as soon as he told me to. That would have made him happy, and therefore me too. Let me submit with grace Amma, making us both happy.

With love and gratitude, dear Amma

From your loving daughter,

Vidya