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I've been told by elders that Dad may not last the year.. he's slowly giving up. The dr says he will live. And day by day, I watch him waver into giving up or living. This afternoon. he insistied on doing a bit of light yoga, all which has to be done lying on the bed. This evening..at dinner..i could see how tired and fed up he was of it all..the pain. the weakness, and not being able to sit longer than ten minutes. And life.  Pakinsons has its tight grip on him. Osteo has fractured all his back bones. He's lost his appetite and lost a lot of weight within 3 weeks. .I don't have family in India except him. So everything is on me.

I found the following to be appropriate, and hope you do too.

For you.....

Once I was supported by them, now I will be their support.
I will perform the duties they performed and maintain the family and it's traditions.
I will preserve my inheritance and make myself worthy of my heritage.*
***Digha Nikaya 31

***For your dad.....

*He should see the body as marked by impermanence, suffering, emptiness and lack of self.
This is wisdom.
But despite his broken body, he should remain in this world of birth and death, bringing benefit to all beings, never surrendering to weariness or disgust.
****Vimalakirti sutra 5

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