Yesterday Aravind and I were busy filling his application form. He wants to do post-doctoral research. He completed his Phd in English Literature in 2016 from one of the top universities in my country, The English and Foreign Languages University in Hyderabad. I feel very happy and proud of his achievements. He has Retinitis Pigmentosa from birth. I remember those early months when we came to know that he would not be able to see properly. There was anxiety and fear about his future. But once we realized that we had to face what came our way, we decided it was better to be positive about it. I firmly believe that if we are miserable and always complaining, our ‘present’ is an unhappy one and in the future we have equally unhappy memories of the past.
I love reading and I did not want Aravind to miss out on the world of books. I read to him from the moment he could understand them. I lived my childhood with his 😊. I have learnt and am learning so many things because of him. After completing BA he went to Hyderabad to continue his studies. He was away for eleven years. In 2016 he was appointed as Assistant Professor in the department of Languages of our University. He loves teaching and is respected by his students. They enjoy his classes because he makes them very interactive. It has been a good journey so far and there is a long way to go.
I read a commentary on The Gita every day. Swami Ranganathananda says, ‘As your thoughts are, so will your life be. Thought very much modifies life, influences life. It is a great truth.’
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “way to go.” Use it as a phrase or use it in its literal sense. Enjoy!
Mukhamani 
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