and just as i was thinking of him on his death anniversary... i find a book where he would write down quotes he had liked..or pasted cuttings which made an impression on him


and it was providence that I find that book on that day

to see his pencil scrawled notes

to remember how he used to impress on me the importance of a good handwriting

and the other life lessons he had felt i should learn and inculcate


and then i stumble upon this page which had this quote

"A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist."


Stewart Alsop (1914-1974) American journalist


and i am taken back to that day.. 2nd june 2019.. where he had first given up on life

i will not come back..this is the end