Here is that response:
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Read your article in The Hindu, today. Great to know you are supporting your son with all you can. God has made each one of us different, and special in His own way. It is all about how we make use of what He has given us. Kurai ontrum ille, Kanna. Thank you for sharing your experience with a world that is conducting crawling race for babies of few months.
I strongly believe He has given me a lot of talent, and a healthy body. He has blessed me so much that I am very likely to live to see my retirement age, and far beyond unless He chooses to cancel my visa in His own way. I believe He has blessed me with a "normal mind" that passed though all the required academic exams and job selections with flying colors. So what?!!
I envy Dr.Hawking. Born 1942, Dr.Hawking's doctors predicted his early death in 1963 from the incurable neuromuscular disorder--he couldn't use his arms and legs; he cannot feed himself; an an operation by experts in 1985 to assist his breathing cost him what little remaining use of his vocal cords. Out of that crumpled, voiceless body in a wheelchair, the mind of Dr.Hawking is able to perceive the whole universe and how it works. So, what is normal, and who is special?
I am sure your son is blessed by Him. With your help for a short while, he will discover himself. Help him discover his space--his karma-bhoomi. Support him to stay there. Give him emotional support that he can pursue the space for which He gave him all those talents and specialities. May be mathematics, pure science, literature, art-- what is he meant for? Help him discover; most important, support him to live there. In a way, He is blessed. He will get a special life partner (wife?) for him--someone whose parameters of life will be very different from that of normal people. He will be blessed with the support from someone who will be willing to make great sacrifices to help him blossom with his special skills. He will be blessed with low expectations on him from the society and relatives. He will be blessed with parents who would make enough money so that he will not have to distract himself from His course for making a living. He is blessed, your son, to have parents like you are. He is blessed with talents that will make him known far longer in this world than we all will be. May be your fame would be for being his father. May be I can narrate your story to my grand-children as I am awaiting in the station to leave this world. While your son will be busy with God's charter, other normal people will be busy with the charters from their bosses and wives.
God bless!
Affectionately,
xyz
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1 comment:
Hi, how are you guys. Been wondering about you, DM and DS. Good to read the posts.
-A
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