Caught in the middle!

No, this is not the well known song of the pop band (A1) that appeared in 2002. I am talking about my weird situation, that I am living in from three months. How will be your reaction when you know that I am caring single-handed for two octogenarian sick parents at the same time. It is a mission impossible! But only God knows how I am still managing the problem effectively despite being stuck between a rock and a hard place. To say the truth, somehow I am now accommodated to this rough period of my life, being caught in the middle of unsolvable riddles with no definitive answers is not easy, and even nerve-wrecking.

Times of troubles

To live in a complete continuous monotonous peace of mind is quasi impossible during this earthy living, whether we are very wealthy, very wise or very religious. Troubles arise every now and then and give us beside the stress, anxiety or sadness, a special philosophical taste to life and existence. But when troubles, come together at the same time, especially when they are dispersed in many directions but centered around the same person, then the situation is really mind-bogging, nerve-wrecking and awful. It is even more complicated when you have to deal with a multitude of uninvited problems at the same time, single-handed and with no assistance at all. This is what I am living in now. And to add more to the tragedian circumstances, there is not a single answer to solve any of the problems, and even when I am trying to treat a point, often there is a secondary side-problem that arises. Then either you lose control of your nerves to lose then everything, or you stand up on your own feet to face the reality, with open-mind, calmness, and courage.

To have faith, doesn't mean that we neglect the problems and indulge in amusements and let everything in its ways, like the renown Arabic verse of poetry wrongly advised us. Active involvement in trying to analyze the particular problem and drawing many scenarios of the outcome, do provide relief to our nerves and aid in the real solution. Living the moment and not lamenting or ruminating the problem inside our mind all the time, is helpful. If we can solicit assistance from one or more trusted person, this will be an asset that can support us. We have to convince ourselves, that we are doing our best, and not waiting for a complete ideal solution, but to try is an honor in itself.

As long as we are breathing there will always be a hope, whatever were the piles of obstacles, we can overcome them and in the end can get through those bad rough times of troubles.

Creativity and the psyche

While I was flipping the satellite channels to get rid of a spell of boredom, I stumbled upon a guest who was speaking about the relation between creativity and forms of mental handicapping. His words, style and enthusiasm attracted me to follow the program. He re-iterated a simple idea, which I heard about before, that many of the geniuses who produced many artifacts and masterpieces of music, literature, poetry or plastic arts were in the matter of fact, psychologically unstable and even were considered by some as insane. Some people said once that arts arise from madness! Is this idea always true to take for granted? Is the connection between the creativity and the psychic troubles solid enough and reproducible under laboratory circumstances, to find the true scientific evidence of its existence? Or is the case we are talking about merely coincidental, and variable. I read a lot about the relation between creative people and melancholy or psychic depression. Many artists were afflicted by a degree of neurosis, many times in their life. I think I have to read more about this phenomenon.