After 29 years

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I was in Chennai India for a day on Oct 2nd.

Life is strange and God works in unusual ways. As I landed in Chennai
I called Mustafa Badsah to wish him Happy Id only for him to invite me
to my Alma mater as it was the Alumni day - Oct 2nd. Mustafa, a
dynamic young man (29 years ago), a year junior to me and my colleague
Dr. Nat's classmate is now the President of the Madras School of
Social work alumni. He still has all the fire in him.

I land up in the School Campus after 29 years and felt so good. Little
did I realise all these 29 years what I had missed. It was great
seeing all the alumni, many of them doing great work - Rainbow
Creators, my classmates Bina Samuels - as beautiful as ever and her
husband Thomas as handsome as ever.

The most poignant moment of the evening for me was to deliver the
citation for Professor George, a Rainbow Creator who gave me the
opportunity to gain a Masters degree. I was totally unprepared but
what I spoke was all from my heart. Professor George's dedication to
the cause of education at the Madras School of Social Work is without
parallel. I had to rush back to the airport to catch a flight back.

Well I have been rushing for 29 years and I felt I had missed so much
and I was rushing again this evening but the difference was I felt
good about the evening.

Stop and enjoy the moment. Do not lose the being in the process of
becoming - a phrase I heard long ago impacted me today.