Achyuthan, my son, gave me a small stone and asked me to put it in my pocket. He said it was a gratitude stone. Each time I touched it, I am supposed to think of a person who helped me and say a thank you. What a lovely bit of action to perform? I have decided that I will henceforth carry a small stone, any stone that I see on the road, in my pocket. There is so much time that one spends on the road traveling across the city each week. There is time available when one waits for a meeting to start or a train to arrive. Why not dedicate these moments to say a thank you to someone, anyone who helped?

Birth is a miracle. Death is also a miracle. In between life offers plenty of miracles. The joys it offers, the pleasures it gives, the gifts of friendships it presents, the moments of peace it bestows, the opportunities it grants, the happiness it rewards, the comforts it awards, the blessings it remembers to hand over in times of crisis, the pains it relieves; - our life presents us with heaps of miracles. Thank God for the miracles.

Today, I experienced a miracle. I was traveling towards Delhi airport to catch a flight to get back to Bangalore. I met with a road accident. For fifteen minutes or so I had no memory of what happened. There is no recall of the accident or its cause. I was transported to an army hospital by a kind driver. At 5:30 a.m., I wonder how an efficient doctor mysteriously appeared and stitched up bleeding my forehead. Later I came to know that I had lost a lot of blood. The driver and a few others, whom I neither knew nor in an aware state to collect names of, boarded me safely into the scheduled aircraft that landed me safely into the protective arms of my family, colleagues, relatives and friends in Bangalore. There is so much kindness all around me. I pray to the invisible Almighty force to have protected me, guided me and supported me through the episode and thank every soul who saved my life and ensured my well being. The society is so kind to have set up so many facilities for an unknown individual to be cared. If this is not a miracle what else is?

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I Am New,
Krish Murali Eswar.