Life's small moments teach you a lot more than you can envisage. Years of classroom lectures can probably help you rattle off point-after-point in a heated discussion, but basic lessons in sharing and love is something you can never find inside an air-conditioned room.
For instance, I happened to notice a group of gypsies, whose house was the platform, on my way to office. Two little famished kids, stark naked, were sipping tea from one small glass. That probably was their breakfast. Along their way came a dog, wagging its tail at the tea. One of the kids quickly pulled a broken plastic toy, which doubled up as a plate too, poured some tea into it, and offered it to the dog.
Tears welled up in my eyes when I saw such a magnanimous action two little souls were capable of performing. Inspite of giving away the little they had, they were content. It was charity in its purest form and found only among people who had nothing to give.
Even I, who passed them everyday, who could have bought them breakfast, had selfish walls built around me. With thoughts of reaching office on time, I had walked away like the rest of the crowd, pretending to ignore the blatant poverty on the other side of the road.
Indeed, what have we as humans conquered, if we have not the heart to stop for a minute to show empathy?
5 comments:
Little deeds of kindness
little deeds of love
Make our earth an Eden
Like the heaven above..
May be you should buy then some breakfast once in a while!!!
"It was charity in its purest form and found only among people who had nothing to give." -
nothing but LOVE -
they may not have much to give but they have a lot of resident treasures -
they are not afraid of hunger or uncertainty - in fact they may not even be aware of the latter - a state which we can not even begin to imagine
may be they are touched by angels unseen to us.
and full marks to the dog also - a champion of lost causes
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