Living With Merlin by Anita Bakshi is a book of spelling out the hardest
grief of her life. I will call it a book of consolidation. A
consolidation that is essential when all of a sudden something
unexpected occurs in life. It is like assessing the balance sheet of
your life after a tsunami. Meeting your soulmate doesn't happen in
everybody's life. And spending the sweetest phase of your life with your
soulmate is a blessing. That too when everything is going well in all
aspects. And then when the biggest jerk of your life snatches your
soulmate away from you, forever, brings a big disaster. A disaster where
nothing looks good in life. When you have to drag every moment of your
life in a forceful manner. Where nothing looks good. And you are not
able to cope up with that sudden void or blank in life.
Living
With Merlin not only reflects a truthful acceptance of life, as it
comes, but it also lets you provide you a learning. A learning to cope
up the dire consequences of your life. In fact, it teaches you how to
accept every reality of life humbly and gracefully. Even when there the
loss is huge, how to take it further positively. Acceptance is
the first key. You need to accept the consequences of life. And even if
you lose the dearest person of your life, you can stay with the
togetherness. This togetherness might not be possible in a physical
manner but quite possible mentally and by heart. Living with the
memories to bring some energy that drives your life further. Even in
those circumstances where you have no direction, no charm, and no
inclination to live.
Living with Merlin is a story of reshaping
your life facing a sudden and huge void. It is a story of coping with
grief, as the title says. In fact, it is about living life while
restructuring it. Though Merlin is the name of a dog that indicates
caring and connecting in one way or the other. Overall, this is a superb
attempt by Anita Bakshi in coping, accepting, redesigning, and
consolidating life in the best possible manner. These 228 pages present
daunting, touching, and intriguing moments.
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