Silver linings are etched on those otherwise dark, fuzzy and uncertain interiors

in the hearth of an aged man who sits secure and resolute

Those years have taught him to believe in his power that tomorrow will tide over his infirmities and the clairvoyance to see through the future with that strong power of perceiving and deciding even out of those little choices that he has.

His placid and mellow exterior is not to be mistaken for that daring spirit that guides him

even in the worst of times

For it has empowered and ennobled him with those virtues which that mindless craving for more allures others around him

That celebration in the intoxicating revelry of power may not be for him but he knows

that the glitter of lucre will soon be covered with grime.

In those heaps of unsorted-out alternatives he still has the grit to trudge on

even if not recklessly and with any pre-meditated calculations

Still with that sense of intense curiosity of the mysteries that future beholds for him

Yesterday's lessons convince him not to be cynical but more persevering,

To envision before him a world that unfolds in its darker hues some more radiant and vibrant colors that garb his footings with the strength and determination to move on amidst those uncertain and shifting sands that will soon fade away as the moment passes by.

In the world where he has been nurtured he does not have the time like many others around him to get lost in that mindless greed for hoarding still more.

He is content and convinced that his lay existence has gifted him with the power of humility and a life of virtue.

Unshaken by those tempestuous storms that rage and unsettle others around him,

his years of hardship and struggle have made him contented even with that meagre subsistence the fear of which would enervate those blessed with more than him.

For he knows how to manage with the little that surrounds him and that shimmering surface does not allure him towards it.

His tryst with life has empowered him more than those immersed in sipping those last dregs

for they know not that those vessels will soon be filled with vacuum and those days of glory are more transient than life itself.

Those myriad images that he envisions prepare him to brave on and to see light even where it isnt there.

The gift of sharing with others even the little that he has enriches his life more than those self-immersed beings for whom their world is a creation of their cravings and desires with little space to contain anything beyond their own world in it.

Even when life has been harsh on him the conviction in himself has convinced him even more that those universal, divine laws that govern everyone's lives alike will acknowledge his sheer grit to endure and trudge on effortlessly through those shifting sands that mark

mortal existence on earth.

Life holds on but for a moment and leaves behind only imprints of a life replete with principles, faith and fortitude

And that undying spirit to brave out against all those odds of life is not for everyone

but for those like him who have the power to make the most of even the little that surrounds them in life and the belief that silver linings will unfold after those darker, grimmer days

when he has had the faith to move on, trudge on daringly amidst a thousand odds

having lived a life of faith, hope and commitment to his belief in the power of humility.