It was late at Night some where around 12:30...I was coming home from work in the car...We just stopped near one signal and I saw a small boy standing near the lamp post...with a big bag in his hand.....I wondered as to wat would this boy be doing here so late...
My curiosity pushed me and and i called that boy asked him what he was doing so late here.
The boy replied saying he was waiting for a bus...When I inquired bout where he wanted to go,i realized that this place falls on the way to my house...So i asked this boy to hop in the car telling him that I would drop him to his house..
Boy though twice but later got in....On the way I had a casual chat with him..I asked him what he was doing there so late ,i came to know that he comes there daily to sell toy on the signal....he quickly popped one out and showed me the toy...i was amused that he knew all the details regarding toy its cost ,the margin of money they make on each toy...
The innocence on his face really made my heart melt...and i removed some money from my pocket and offered him that...My respect toward him grew when he declined the money i gave him....
But later i forced him and he took it...
One the way I also learned that he had 2 more siblings and they had only their mother to take care care of them...
By this time we had reached his house...the boy got down he had a smile on his face and he said *thank you*
It brought a big smile on my face when i heard that
When I reached home the thought of that boy was still in my mind..thats when I realized that life is fun ride..just when you feel that you know everything bout it..a new chapter opens and you get to learn new things...
I really prayed hard that nite for that boy and his family..dont know if god would have heard it...
The next morning i asked my self are we really the only onces who have to struggle nahhhhhh was the answer i got :-)
25 comments:
Struggle is a part of everyone's life. Some complain, some don't. But without struggle, there would be no life.
Felt good you drove the kid back home. God Bless!
how true!!
cudos to you to see and realise we are not the only ones struggling out there..in fact, we are the few lucky ones, aretn we..
though, I could not decide.. who was more heart touching, the lil boy with so much responsibilite, morals,prinicipals or you whose heart reached out to him? u just defined what s life..in the simplest way possible!
we , half billion indian adults..phew..
nothing more dude...
feel admiration to you..
it is important to keep that goodness burning like that..
loved the way you narrated it..
cheers!
MIP
As my mom aptly says, if you think that God doesn't love you look at the dark side of life and you'll find thousand of examples to tell you that He does.
So is the case with struggles/difficulties :-)
Btw..nice blog...
@ shwetzz ,swathy,man in painting and sach : thank you
struggle has always been a part of everyones life i guess...we crib for little things in life not realising that they are millions who still are struggling and have no regrets in life...like the boy u mentioned...from ur blog i could make out that the boy was really a responsible boy and did his job enthusiastically...Really happy that u drooped him home...cheers!!!
I've always believed:
Struggle is Life, Life is Struggle. Because it's survival of the fittest, and you get fit only if you struggle.
You did a good turn, man.
well,ur post reminds me of Gandhiji's talisman printed in all NCERT textbooks(till 2004-5).The msg was the same as the essence of ur post.
The compassion in you is admirable; and narration so straight and simple.
Keep up the good work.
To see how our lives are blessed, you may like this poem by some anonymous, which I have posted here...under 'Richly Blessed'
http://devika-theessentialme.blogspot.com/
Good blog Rakesh...its nice to connect with like-minded.
see you again :)
@ kitty,alok,anwesa,Devika: Glad that you guys liked the post
GUD JOB !!
I myself wud nt have done tht perhaps ..nt becoz i am selfish but cz I dun pay attention on these small thngs but obvsly i feel great when sm1 does it infrnt f me ..i take a lesson frm evryone like u
yup as i said we are way 2 full of ourself
hey rakesh..
u have a nice blog here..and the latest post is such efficiently narrated..
u've mentioned.."dont know if god would have heard it"..wat i believe is tat weneva u wish to talk to god he always taks to u...
keep posting..
cheerz!!
luv:nickku
Our struggles are often hugely minimal in the face of those that others go thru! No matter what we go thru, theres someone worse off!
Good post! Appreciate ur sincere gesture of driving the kid back home!
hey peter,nikita,think tank and rakesh...thanks a lot :-)
*sighs*...thats life..., i do feel that nature was not fair to all, but then, i also realise that this world could function best this way only
u did a good thing :)...small drops would make the ocean...
Hi ,
I was reading ur blog posts and found some of them to be very good.. u write well.. Why don't you popularize it more.. ur posts on ur blog ‘Thoughts Unleashed!!!!’ took my particular attention as some of them are interesting topics of mine too;
BTW I help out some ex-IIMA guys who with another batch mate run www.rambhai.com where you can post links to your most loved blog-posts. Rambhai was the chaiwala at IIMA and it is a site where users can themselves share links to blog posts etc and other can find and vote on them. The best make it to the homepage!
This way you can reach out to rambhai readers some of whom could become your ardent fans.. who knows.. :)
Cheers,
Came to see how the blog roll looked..I couldn't find mine though..anyways,
I have a new one at
http://devika-jyothi.blogspot.com/
M sure God will hear ur prayer. DOnt wrry. GOd does god
for every one. Wht happens bad is our karma of last
birth, we suffer may b cuz me made sufferr someone
somewhr.
ANy way m glad u have the kid a ride. Helping others
always makes us happy. Isnt it??
@ Ayushi
indeed small drops would make the ocean...:-)
@ Ray
Thanks for the appreciation.Would like to know mre bout the website...let me know your id where we can interact about it.
@ Nidhi
you are rite he does listen to us when we call for
u r so right...wen we look at people who r less privileged than u only then u realize how better off r u than them....
How nice to u to have done that. god bless souls like u!!
@ parul and MEZ: thanks a lot
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