The Graceful exit!

hi devika,

fantastic narration.
true,envy eats nothing but its own heart.
one day we have to gracefully exit this world also,so no point in envying others(any relation) .
Cheers,
Spandhana

Hi Devika,

Superb....I loved your narration.

I am not sure, if one comes across a mother jealous of a daughter.....but maybe the artist in her came front and their relationship took a backseat.

I read somewhere that jealousy or envy comes when one refuses to recognize one's own talent and start counting the other person's blessings than his own...It is very true.

for putting it so gracefully in the last para..

bye

Dear Devika,

is the word I can say. I am really marvelled at the array of topics you handle with so much of ease and elan. Great Devika !

A beautiful topic and drives home the point.....yes jealousy should be nipped in the bud and Vanaja could realise and made a graceful exit from that shows her level of maturity.

Your last para is the crowning glory dear..... you have summed up very exquistely.

Dear Devika,

So true and well said.Even siblings can have feelings of jelousy too.I have seen it happen in so many families, one brother jelous of another’s success, when it was acheioved by the other’s efforsts.

Loved the story.Regards.kamal;

Dear Friend..
That was an Awesome writing as always... You have very well portrayed about the jealous...

Thanx for sharing dear...

Devika,
A wonderful post! But then we cannot expect anything less from you, isn't it? And true it is - Envy doesn't pay. Keep writing for you write so well.

Regards,
Anitha

Dear Devika mam

thanks for sharing such a wonderful post .u hav summed all abt envy in the last few lines n tht truly makes the reader to pause for a while n think.

regards
raji

Dear Devika,
You explained the bittermost part of life in simple words. Never came across with such a thing as mother envying the daughter.. the other way round is still possible, where the mother is flourishing and overshadowing the daughter. But me not being very experienced in life, this scenario can also be possible
Thanks for the nice writeup.

Hey Devika,
Did you by any chance peep into my LIFE! ha ha .....
The story did start so much like the performances my daughter and i did together......but comparison ends there! We both jelled completely together, .....Where i could excel in my facial expressions due to my experience, she could overtake me in the fast rhythmical numbers, with her grace and youth! I thought we complemented each other well and enjoyed performing together! In fact those were some of the best moments in our lives...my daughter still misses that and never stopped persuading me to get up and start practising!
I don't remember ENVY stepping in anywhere, as i did gracefully accept that i was getting OLD and have to step down soon! But instead there was a PRIDE as a mother and teacher seeing what i had taught coming out in such a fantastic way! I guess like Saraswathi and Kamala have pointed out, as a MOTHER AND TEACHER i did not feel Envy but full pride and happiness that she had taken up after me! well so much from my personal experience!

But i do agree that Envy, jealousy can spoil relationships ....that too when people are in the limelight! The stepping down from that Limelight is something very difficult to give up , believe me.....but i did not give importance to it from the beginning, though it is necessary . Anyone who is in the writing, or visual arts field, need people to Praise them or their work and when that stops coming to you or turns towards someone else , well it does hurt and all these negative feelings come up! it is easy to say, but i think everyone has to go through it and understand that ....only when you give up attachments to these fame and glamour can we start appreciating others..... the LA BHAGVAD GITA way!
But i am happy to see this story, gives me an opportunity to peep into my LIFE!

Dear Devika,
My God!!! What a story, very true that envy can just destroy the bond between two people. Care should be taken to overcome such feelings. That was awesome!!!!