Courage? So what’s courage for you? Is it just a lack of fear or something much more deeper than the real of any grammatical vocabulary can define? Is it just limited to facing your fears or can be its in synch with walking down the road to face the faceless and the endless without any emotion, just to be able to walk down the streets as if they were empty and one could walk bare-naked for all he or she cared. A moment where nothing else exists, a moment where its the body and the soul and its individual journey…

Yesterday while sitting at my desk i came across this news that actor Lisa Ray had been diagnosed with an incurable cancer of white blood cells and she announced it to the world on her blog herself (lisaraniray.wordpress.com). My first reaction was ot of shock or disbelief but of surprise as she seemed not to show a lot of emotion or anger.

Quoting a few lines from the post ‘I’m a junior Member in many ways, having been diagnosed at 37, while the average age is 65. Makes the disease not quite as ‘Sexy’ as other Cancers, but we can change that. Some advised me to keep my ‘condition’ a secret as it could negatively affect my career. Buh? I’m plumper, redder, more energetic and wily than ever before- Kiss me like I’ve been kidnapped! I believe it can be cured. That’s the Dirty Realist in me. I’m going to listen to my marrow. Again.’

Once again life and its cruel ways to remind us that life is not just all about eating, sleeping, making money and breeding. There has to be more to live than all this, Infact there is more to life than this and one of the things is the path that our human spirit follows. The triumph of the spirit is the triumph much larger than any award or any sum of money or fame. While she writes the above lines, its visible that her body might not be strong but her spirit certainly appears to be so. That should mean the first half of the battle is won. Just the second half of the physical body remains. Most diseases start on a mental level before they get transpired to the physical body and real cure begins on a mental plane as well. Recall how Lance Armstrong’s strong will to beat the disease started on a mental plane as well. However its very hard to keep the flame burning and the let the flag of positive vibes keep flying all the time. But that’s the real battle. The body can be broken but the spirit should never be allowed to die. For its this spirit that defines each one of us and its this spirit that’s the prime mover of the world and all its creativity and its this spirit that can bloom happiness for all mankind individually.

A highflying spirit can conquer all hate, poverty, disease, disgust, humiliation, disability, isolation, and injustice. What breeds the spirit though is love. Doesn’t have to be an endless stream of love. It can be that one moment that lasts a lifetime. That’s why love is divine and love is God cause it breeds the spirit that is the prime mover of everything.

I don’t know Lisa Ray. Chances are i will never know her. All i can sense is that she has a strong spirit and even with a weak body i am sure she would be able to transform into a fit human being sooner than later. I hope she recovers cause with her will recover a lot of people fighting their battles armed with nothing but their spirits. People stacked against all odds, people who are just on the brink of going down but holding on, people who are as defiant in their spirit as her.

Go for it LR!!

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