I still remember this incident very distinctively , my cousin and myself usually go out for long walks even during hot summer noons . We go to parks sit, talk, listen to music or just laze arround, basically to destress or to chill out.
So one such noon we were in a park after the usual golgappe ,we were broke as it was month end and our pockets were empty , we strolled in the park sat on a bench when my hiccups started it seemed never ending i tried breathing softly , taking people's names ( its so belived that it stops hiccups )
one might think " what? why did'nt i drink water???" but that is the problem we did'nt have water ,no cash to buy it as well so we sat there trying every other method . I saw a sweeper lady and asked her if she knew where i could find water to drink , she gave the directions and went . we thought we will go later as we did'nt have a bottle to store the water and we wer'nt sure whether there would be a glass or not.....
the sweeper lady came back with a bottle of water for ME!! it is was a very simple gesture but i could'nt speak due to her kind act which had surprised me . all i could do was say thanks and smile, she also said "thanks thanks" and smiled a beautiful smile showing her paan chewed teeth .
i felt warm, though i expressed my gratitude with a thanks , what i felt was beyond words ...
though this was a small incident i realised that we have many unquenched thirsts maybe for words when needed, kindness, smiles or sometimes just water...
which may or may not be quenched but all i know is we all need some one some time to help us and that some one could be any one . And i belive that person shows up.... like my sweeper lady smiling beautifully with paan chewed teeth.
So one such noon we were in a park after the usual golgappe ,we were broke as it was month end and our pockets were empty , we strolled in the park sat on a bench when my hiccups started it seemed never ending i tried breathing softly , taking people's names ( its so belived that it stops hiccups )
one might think " what? why did'nt i drink water???" but that is the problem we did'nt have water ,no cash to buy it as well so we sat there trying every other method . I saw a sweeper lady and asked her if she knew where i could find water to drink , she gave the directions and went . we thought we will go later as we did'nt have a bottle to store the water and we wer'nt sure whether there would be a glass or not.....
the sweeper lady came back with a bottle of water for ME!! it is was a very simple gesture but i could'nt speak due to her kind act which had surprised me . all i could do was say thanks and smile, she also said "thanks thanks" and smiled a beautiful smile showing her paan chewed teeth .
i felt warm, though i expressed my gratitude with a thanks , what i felt was beyond words ...
though this was a small incident i realised that we have many unquenched thirsts maybe for words when needed, kindness, smiles or sometimes just water...
which may or may not be quenched but all i know is we all need some one some time to help us and that some one could be any one . And i belive that person shows up.... like my sweeper lady smiling beautifully with paan chewed teeth.
No comments:
Post a Comment