Contact 2010-09-04 — archived 2012-02-12 (संपर्क 4 सितंबर 2010 — पुरालेख 12 फरवरी 2012) 

Saturday 4 Sept 2010, 11:46 AM 

I work 10 to 15 hours a day, and many a times, I get only 2 to 4 hours sleep during previous 24 hours. Now that I am writing this, this happens to be one of such days, and this is not an exception. Working for 15 hours at stretch days after days is not new to me. For past eight years I have taken no personal vacation, not even a day off for personal pleasure. Eight years, 365 days, 12 hours at an average. I find it inconvenient to say "no". Therefore, please do not ask me.

At this age my body needs some rest. If I have a few hours left in a day let me have the option to do my daily chores and then get some rest, if not sleep. I say this earnestly to you all, who with great love and respect express the desire to see me in person at my residence, or invite me to their place, or invite me for some honor at public gathering. You can always express your respect, love, honor through email which I can read and also respond at my convenience.

People who work for others want to get away from work over the weekends and look forward to annual vacation with great expectation. Those who work for their own business they too have similar desires but, of course, in a less structured manner. But for me, it has been so very different. For, I do not work for any one else like any other employee. Nor do I work for making money like any other business man or self-employed person. Therefore, I do not feel the need for a day-off or a vacation. Eight years it has been so, and if health permits, many more years may continue like this. But then body is like a machine, and as any machine has its wear and tear, so has this body which doesn't even get time for much needed physical exercise to keep it fit.

I say that it may continue for many more years like this because I see the need for it. For, I know what, and how much, work is pending, before I can take to the roads. What I do is not even for me. For, I have no passion towards what I do. Nor, I am self-driven by my desire to accomplish something. I have already accomplished whatever I wanted. Now, only the last remains to be fulfilled. And, that depends on the 'Will' of Naaraayani Ma BhavTaarini and Shri Naaraayan'.