The Wavelength

08.04.21 10:35 AM - Comment(s) - By BMI

By: Jasdeep Sandhu

Currently, it is 11 Celsius degrees here in Calgary, and we are shocked by just how quickly summer is arriving.  Visibly you can see the relief; the snow is melting, the kids are outside, layers have come off, with few walking around in their shorts and slippers.  As I let the cool spring breeze graze my face, I am grateful as, in contrast, it is incredible how much the weather has improved. About a month ago, it was -30 degrees Celsius, and there was an overwhelming sense of endlessness. 

It was a mere six months ago, as the summer was winding into what would become a cold dark winter; 11 degrees would be a harsh day of pain and aches from shivering so hard or jaw pain from my chattering teeth.  The conflicting feelings of “maybe this winter won’t be as bad” and “here we go again,” personally the change in the amount of sunshine I can get leads to seasonal sadness. The only thing that one could do was wait it out and experience all the weather had to throw at you.  Of course, it was another very Canadian Winter. 
At the bottom, it is normal to feel fear of falling lower, however as history would come to prove, through all the wars, the depressions, the illness we see time and time again the possibility of a returning to what we once knew, and even living a better life. Every year, the weather deceives us by throwing in a couple of warm days during fall, but we always fall down and suffer through the harshness, only to be welcomed by the calm spring. The same middle conditions at the end of a good period and the end of bad period can seem drastically different due to relativity, but if one thing is for sure, the bad always comes with the good. 

A couple of years ago, we were introduced to a young lady by the name of Priya Danial; she was working towards getting a degree in physiotherapy but sadly had to stop as she did not have the funds to continue. Along with her growing debt, which was impeding her ability to get the education she wanted, her father got into a serious accident recently which required an awfully expensive surgery and futher disadvantaged the struggling family.  Priya had fallen into a deep winter and believed that there was no hope for her in terms of one day becoming a physiotherapist.  As it would turn out, Dr.Bickert would coincidentally meet her, and she would qualify for a scholarship we offer.  Today, she is now a graduate physiotherapist and working in Guru teg Bahadur Charitable Hospitan in the central town of Jalandhar, Punjab.  She eexpressed to Dr. Bickert that she would also like to help the poor.  Perhaps given sufficient time, she will soon be living her dream, the same one she once had to give up all those years ago. The future is a bright summer day for Priya, thanks to the donations we received to make this happen. 

Nothing is constant in life.  Everything is more like a wave. The very particles which make everything up, the light by which we see our surroundings, the constant speeding up and slowing down of driving occurs in this pattern of the tides. Although the ups and downs always occur and work together to make us what we are. In Priya Danial's case, she might have needed the hardship to be the physiotherapist she became.  The ocean is not the ocean without the waves, a rose is not a rose without the many tiny particles moving around, and what is a car if it cannot move at the up and down speed, the crest of summer is not the same without the trough of winter. 


As we go through life, we must be aware of the effects we have on each individual ability to reach their full potential. Assisting others can pull those in need out of the depths and onto a higher peak than they could even imagine. Due to the relativity of being on this spectrum, being grateful is a given; on this constant rollercoaster ride, the experience and wisdom we gain with time teaches us to accept our present as it is bound to happen again. 
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