tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213699774180808946.post2965442882432098664..comments2024-03-23T08:32:41.421-07:00Comments on Shravan's Blog: Vignettes Farcenalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03737898093111227666noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213699774180808946.post-55029711334154708092013-03-12T12:26:35.435-07:002013-03-12T12:26:35.435-07:00Hi Shravan, I stumbled on your blog some time ago,...Hi Shravan, I stumbled on your blog some time ago, and have been following it for a while. I enjoy your writing; as a 49 year old who's been around the block a few times, it's interesting to read about your trajectory. <br /><br />I just wanted to alert you to something that you will only realize when you're far into your life. It seems to me that people who can think (so few of them out there!) have a peculiar need to have a certain amount of misery in their life. <br /><br />If one has a serious illness to deal with (this is my situation currently---I'm living on hemodialysis after a long period---27 years---of living on a transplanted kidney I got from my father), one enjoys even smaller things that would leave a healthy person very dissatisfied. I am almost delirious with happiness if I can get through a day after dialysis without a headache. <br /><br />When one's cup of misery is empty, however, there is a strange need to fill it. I've done that too, in the past. Once you see through this mysterious "misery effect", you can step outside yourself, and as a result your response to your environment is going to change.<br />Shravan Vasishthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926656325558456592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213699774180808946.post-80561377034056637782013-03-12T12:26:35.144-07:002013-03-12T12:26:35.144-07:00Hi Shravan, I stumbled on your blog some time ago,...Hi Shravan, I stumbled on your blog some time ago, and have been following it for a while. I enjoy your writing; as a 49 year old who's been around the block a few times, it's interesting to read about your trajectory. <br /><br />I just wanted to alert you to something that you will only realize when you're far into your life. It seems to me that people who can think (so few of them out there!) have a peculiar need to have a certain amount of misery in their life. <br /><br />If one has a serious illness to deal with (this is my situation currently---I'm living on hemodialysis after a long period---27 years---of living on a transplanted kidney I got from my father), one enjoys even smaller things that would leave a healthy person very dissatisfied. I am almost delirious with happiness if I can get through a day after dialysis without a headache. <br /><br />When one's cup of misery is empty, however, there is a strange need to fill it. I've done that too, in the past. Once you see through this mysterious "misery effect", you can step outside yourself, and as a result your response to your environment is going to change.<br />Shravan Vasishthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926656325558456592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213699774180808946.post-8237639127549790892013-03-11T23:05:33.962-07:002013-03-11T23:05:33.962-07:00Superb, superb, superb. You have this (truly rare)...Superb, superb, superb. You have this (truly rare) innate ability to provide an 'outside-in' perspective and an 'inside-out' perspective in the same sentence. Thanks for letting your readers 'into' your world. You've enrolled in the 'school of hard knocks' for a real education and in years to come, you will look back at your first year in Mumbai with nostalgia and pride. Love, DadVijay Bhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383130882151015694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213699774180808946.post-30230381871891548802013-03-06T01:24:28.833-08:002013-03-06T01:24:28.833-08:00You have hit so many key notes on this blog Shrava...You have hit so many key notes on this blog Shravan...and I am delighted you are so in touch with your vulnerability. It will keep you real and oh-so-intensely-alive.<br /><br />And I expect just blogging about these would have 'emptied your cup of sorrows' a bit. So you can start building more resilience for the quest for that elusive elixir.<br /><br />Young man, you are only 22! So the journey has just begun. There are still many stages you have to pass through, each with its own richness. <br /><br />If you haven't read about 'The Hero's journey' or 'Man's search for meaning', then perhaps the time has come.<br /><br />Beautifully written blog. Enjoyed its bitter-sweetness. Vintage tragic-comic Shravan. Love you and rooting for you all the way!<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748888368499614567noreply@blogger.com