Monday, November 21, 2016

Week 38 - Happiness is Acceptance

When a new relationship comes in our life, we need some time to adjust and get used to it, and over a period of time, we will be able to accept it with all its good and bad. Acceptance allows us to learn while being happy.

When Dev went to Sonakshi's house, he started to feel one among them without any differences. It came naturally to him, without any outside pressure. There was genuineness in his eating there, forcing Sonakshi's mom to eat and in laughing for Bijoy's jokes. His calling Asha as mom was as natural as Sonakshi calling Ishwari as mom. And its only because of this Acceptance, there was nothing but happiness last week and life was just beautiful...

However, this week was so full of emptiness.😞

The week started off with Ishwari giving a lecture on how the plant needs to forget its love for the old soil, when it comes to a new place and how Sonakshi should keep the fight between her and Dev within their home and not take it to her mom's house. This very first scene this week totally put me off.

Ishwari's advice to Sonakshi was not wrong. However, her inability to use the same logic is Neha's case is definitely disturbing.  I vividly remember the scenes prior to Neha's wedding and even soon after her wedding, when Ishwari kept stopping Dev from helping Neha fulfill her thirst for comforts. At that time, Ishwari's thoughts were more grounded, unbiased and very fair.  The change in Ishwari now, is due to her lack of acceptance of Sonakshi as her daughter in law. Whether she agrees or not, part of the reason why Ishwari is not persuading Neha to go back to Ranveer is to just be on the side where Sonakshi is not there.

When there is no acceptance, there will only be fear, prejudice, self defense and everything that will take away the peace and happiness from you! And because this week dwelled on the lack of acceptance, I realized that it left me also with a feeling of emptiness.

When the swing first came to Dev-Sona's room, I was very happy. In fact Dev's subdued reaction and his explanation of "how much more reaction can I give for this" - all seemed cute. I liked the swing a lot and at that time, I did not realize that this swing will become one of the main negative roles in Dev-Sona's life!! Kudos to Dev, who was making a conscious effort in trying to accept this character in the room πŸ˜„ But the lights on it, and keeping the lights on during the night was a little overboard, Sonakshi!! Actually speaking, I will get scared with a character like that just in front of my bed. My oversmart brain will start to imagine someone sitting on it...😨😱 thanks to the horror movies πŸ™„

Whatever it is, I think they will sort it out. And even if they both are unable to correct their flaws they both know that their Love is bigger than their flaws! Dev and Sona are 2 matured individuals to figure these things out. Their chemistry is something to adore ❤️, not feel jealous. 

However, Neha's unhappiness and jealousy over Dev and Sona's life is not surprising to me. She has always considered Dev as someone who takes away her limelight, and by fate, this time also, her brother has something that she doesn't have..Neha's unhappiness is also due to her lack of acceptance of the life she had. Neha could still have that chemistry with Ranveer, if she really wants it. Only time will teach her this lesson. Until then, Sonakshi must endure all the sharp, hurting words of Neha.

Thank God, Sonakshi is a much level headed person that not only the Dixit family, even the viewers are spared of an emotionally high powered typical TV serial drama πŸ˜Š She does not react much to any negative criticisms or comments at home nor does she take it all and complain to her husband. There is one soul, though, in the Dixit family that is aware of all that is happening with Sonakshi - maama ji πŸ˜Š

As the week moved on, a new family was introduced. Ria's marriage is on the cards! But, the fear factor of Ishwari stopped her from informing Sonakshi of the visit of Ria's fiancè, because she knew Sona will be able to easily manage the whole show on her own and she did not want it to happen! To justify her actions, this time, she used self sympathy and explained how she didnt want Sonakshi to skip work even one day (reminiscing her old times when Ishwari knew what it meant to skip even 1 day of work) .... All of this uneasiness can easily be wiped out by accepting and embracing Sona into her heart. Well, again, only time has to teach the lesson to Ishwari.

Dev has completely gone off track this week. His role of "pyaara pati" is now taking a break, as he is busy playing the role of "adarsh beta" πŸ˜

How much ever I try, I am just unable to find any nice way of justifying him calling Sona's mom as aunty, especially since he took this decision based on Ishwari's uneasiness. Dev has long ago, accepted Sonakshi as his life partner. However, Ishwari, due to her inability to accept Sona, managed to cloud Dev's mind of many things. Well, why blame Ishwari - Mr.Dev Dixit should have a brain of his own!

But, when Dev is so dependent on his mother for everything, what can be done!! It was quite a surprise for me to see a business tycoon Mr.Dev Dixit, unable to keep his wardrobe organized..Howver, in reality, I guess some men can be like that! After this week's episode, I told myself that I better teach my little boy all these things now itself πŸ˜¬

If someone comes and tells me that they will help me with my household work, I will be happy to hand them over some work and sit in my couch and watch back to back episodes of Kuch Rang Pyar ke aise bhi...I don't know why Ishwari is having so much trouble in letting Sona do some household chores.. She considers herself to be in a race with Sonakshi all the time!! She is determined to prove Sonakshi that she cannot excel in everything, especially in matters pertaining to Dev!

I remember one of the cute discussions of Dev and Sona long time ago, when Sona said that their new relationship will not compete, but rather complete all the old relationships. Sona is living those words, however, Dev is not, thanks to Ishwari's mood swings and long faces and occasional pep talks. I think Dev was quite guilty of having to do things that he is not in total agreement with.. Probably because of that, he had trouble looking into Sonakshi's eyes this week!

Even though whatever Sonakshi did was right in terms of trying to get Dev to not depend so much on his mom (for all his daily tasks), her way of doing it was probably not the best. And its a learning curve for every girl who gets married - to understand that men are made differently and their organizational skills in the home front, is very different from women's. One suggestion, which I will give Sona is that these things has to happen like sticking a needle in the banana..I mean it should be done so smoothly, without the other person even guessing it is happening to him. Men resist change in all forms, especially when its forced on them. After all, Dev has been having this habit for the past 28 years..so its not easy to come out of it. It was natural for Dev to seek his mom's help to get out of this problem. How long can he go to work with black socks on one feet and white on another!!

But more than Dev struggling to get organized, I enjoyed Ishwari's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.. I am somewhat like her in keeping the things in order..hmm..I used to be like that..but not anymore. Once you have kids, the OCD in you, gets cured mostly.. I wonder why Ishwari's didnt cure yet..πŸ€”  I guess hers is chronic...

As we came to the end of the week, many things changed. The swing came down, Ishwari unofficially took over the care of Dev's wardrobe, Ria's wedding talks started and the new family was introduced and finally Eleena and Vicky broke up! I have long been postponing talking about Eleena and Vicky because of the fakeness in it.

It did not hurt any of us seeing Eleena heartbroken..because we all know she is going to be thankful for this later. However, knowing Vicky, I am almost positive that he is not going to stop until he does what he wants to do. The only ray of hope is that, since Sonakshi knows about this now, she will do something to protect her little sister.

The end of the week also was my favorite part. I really loved the way they made the scene of Ishwari taking the side of Sonakshi in Dev's birthday celebrations. And I also loved how Sona quietly slipped into the kitchen to feel that moment and how maama ji followed her and gave his blessings.. Thats how acceptance feels. I am sure you all felt it too. 

❤️

2 comments:

  1. Whatever it be.. But I want that aunty tamasha to be cleared and also want ishwari to make dev understand that he should call ashaji as maa,because saying that doesn't make her his maa, but it's respect for the lady. Rather he should feel guilty about it

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  2. Yes me too waiting for this AUNTY thamasha Vicky + Maami getting kicked out of house, including Vicky's job.

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