The Bloom and Fall of the Pink Petal

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The Bloom and Fall of the Pink Petal       

                                                             - by Feoni Mehta (MSc. Applied Psychology, Sem III)    


Image by Anushka Gope (MSc. Applied Psychology, Sem I)

   

 The garden of life amidst the radiant hues of living, lies a sweet flower of singular beauty - the rose, which symbolises resilience, coping and grace. Even the mightiest petals are not immune to the breeze of change. As we walk through October’s soft embrace, we observe the fragile petals of this flower, once untouched, now scarred by a silent storm of pain which trembles its core - Breast Cancer. 

    It all starts with murmur, a faint wind that is silently moving around the garden, unnoticed. Slowly a small lump, a gradual change, a fluctuation in the tranquillity of the body’s garden emerges. 

    When this storm arrives, it does not come with a roar but a gathering of dark and dull clouds of pain. Breast cancer, like the shifting sky, checks the core of those it touches. The core remains firm and strong, reminding us that the spirit remains unyielding. People affected become the warriors in this storm. The dark clouds seem to cover the light of hopes. But what is hope, if not the light that breaks through the darkness.

    Amidst this struggle, psycho-oncology emerges as an important ally, navigating the emotional turmoil of diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Storms outside affect the rose petals but storm within also affect the affected minds. This psychological aid creates tension but not on the rose alone but rather the flowers around the practitioner that creates movement and sympathy towards their immediate environment. As the winds of hope overshadows the storm of darkness, a new dawn rises over the garden. The flowers, though evolved, still stand firm and tall, unshaken by the tremors of the lightning. The petals may have decreased, the stem may have been scarred but it still remains - a symbol of survival, of life renewed.

    Breast cancer is not just a fight against the disease, but a celebration of life’s resilience and will. It’s a reminder to all of us that the garden will bloom again even in the face of the fiercest storm. 

    Draped in pink, October, is the garden where we all march united - where each of us turns into a gardener, nurturing the blooms of hope, compassion, support and the most important of all AWARENESS.


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