Inertia

INERTIA

It is not as if I labour any vitriolic feelings for my mom and dad, or the people I care for…..but this is an observation in general, penned down in the hope that others learn from our personal experiences.

Law of inertia is very well explained in lessons of physics, but it becomes very difficult to understand once it is practiced day in and out by our elders.

What exactly is inertia!

Oxford dictionary, explains the term as ‘unwillingness to move or do anything active’.

With due apologies to my elders, I would like to mention that they are old, fragile in health, with rumbling as well as grumbling insides. Gradually, with passage of time, we realize that it is not just the eyes or stomachs that have deteriorated in normal functioning of the body……….. But the various other parts of the system may also have got affected. The bones may be creaking…. leading to osteoporosis...........
Diabetes may have set in causing blood pressure or more serious still, making the blood sugar rise resulting in glaucoma….or such other related problems.

Once this realization sinks in, it’s too late to get all the organs back to their proper functioning level. Here we have to keep the inertia factor in our minds. As care givers it is of utmost importance to understand that all problems afflicting our elders have to be taken care of immediately. Don’t let their procrastination grip you too!

As time flies past, you will find that you have to choose between what needs prior attention. Any wrong judgment or miscalculation could prove to be lethal and could end up with a guilt conscious for your life.

These days the families are more and more nuclear in pattern. Young generations are either not too aware of the problems being faced by moms and dad’s, or they simply turn a blind eye to it due to lack of time or money. The predominant feeling of deferring the cure may at times come from the parents itself. We need to understand that this may be due to many apprehensions like insecurity, scare of the unknown, distrust in medical facility, or fear of getting into a worsened condition.

But all these ghosts from within the mind have to be assuaged gently. A strength of mind is to be instilled, followed up by a calmness and a trust in yourself. Always keep in mind that one does not do all this for the parents only. It is as much for yourself to have a happy and a satisfied, mind and soul, with the firm belief that you did……….
Everything possible for them.