Making A Mark
People come and people go like ripples in a stream. They make their mark, go away – and their traces don’t last too long. Or at least, that’s how it is according to John V. Politis. Personally, I think that’s a sad outlook to life…
Today was Sister Jesuina’s last day in college as Principal. She has been Principal of MCC for 5 years. Somehow, Sister has this wonderful ability to get close on a very personal level to her students and lecturers. She has always had the time to give me and Tushar a sweet each, or introduce us to the latest feline or canine entrant to the college.
The most striking thing about her is her genuine concern for other people, and how she engages with other people’s pain. One would expect a nun to be like that, but with her…it’s different – a little bit more! She has engaged so much with my family over the last few years. Praying for my grandfather when he was fighting cancer, praying for my other grandfather even today, not to mention praying for ME before every exam I took last year! And she even passed it on to other nuns! My mom had Sisters she had never spoken to coming up to her and saying “Today was your daughter’s math exam right? We prayed for her math paper to go well this morning!” Her involvement extends to THAT level.
In my mind I never thought she would be Principal forever. But somehow, this refuses to hit me. I don’t even study at MCC, but I think that's why it bothers me more. I thought she would be around to see me leave, rather than the other way around! Her silent and loving ways leave a mark in the hearts of everyone who knows her, and even though she is a ripple moving towards the end of this stream, her traces will stay forever.
People are not meant to just come and go. They come into our lives to make a mark - and whether negative or positive, they will make it. No offence intended Mr. Politis, but you are WRONG.
Today was Sister Jesuina’s last day in college as Principal. She has been Principal of MCC for 5 years. Somehow, Sister has this wonderful ability to get close on a very personal level to her students and lecturers. She has always had the time to give me and Tushar a sweet each, or introduce us to the latest feline or canine entrant to the college.
The most striking thing about her is her genuine concern for other people, and how she engages with other people’s pain. One would expect a nun to be like that, but with her…it’s different – a little bit more! She has engaged so much with my family over the last few years. Praying for my grandfather when he was fighting cancer, praying for my other grandfather even today, not to mention praying for ME before every exam I took last year! And she even passed it on to other nuns! My mom had Sisters she had never spoken to coming up to her and saying “Today was your daughter’s math exam right? We prayed for her math paper to go well this morning!” Her involvement extends to THAT level.
In my mind I never thought she would be Principal forever. But somehow, this refuses to hit me. I don’t even study at MCC, but I think that's why it bothers me more. I thought she would be around to see me leave, rather than the other way around! Her silent and loving ways leave a mark in the hearts of everyone who knows her, and even though she is a ripple moving towards the end of this stream, her traces will stay forever.
People are not meant to just come and go. They come into our lives to make a mark - and whether negative or positive, they will make it. No offence intended Mr. Politis, but you are WRONG.
posted by 
@ 10:27 am
2 Comments:
At 10:00 am, July 31, 2005,
Meghna said…
First of all, I did remember you! I didn't RECOGNISE you! That's different now, isn't it?
People you meet everyday don't qualify as coming into your life. So meeting someone breifly and then not recognising him/her isn't exactly what I meant. I don't quite mean the guy who sat next to you on a plane who asked you for the magazine. I meant that every prominent person in one's life WILL leave a mark.
Your entire disagreement here is based mostly on this: memories that aren't strong enough fade away to make room for others that are more significant. What I'm saying is that everyone who ENTERS ONE'S LIFE leaves a mark. And conciously or not, that mark stays there. The point is, that the realisation of that mark being there will come only when an appropriate situation arises.
At 10:30 am, August 01, 2005,
Meghna said…
Is there a reason we are going into our itnerpretations of the quote?! According to my interpretation, I made a point. That wasn't too clear evidently. Now with your generalisation I suppose that is a valid point of view...but I still think that every personality that registers in one's mind leaves and impression forever - whether one is conscious of that impression is a different issue.
And can you blame me for blinking after not seeing for 5 years?? I was thinking "Nah...CAN'T be! Can it??" =D
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