I, me, myself....these words were getting onto my head for the past few days...I suddenly realized that since the day I have arrived here, its' me, my flight, my job, my manager, my work, my trips, my shopping...ain't that too much! its' just too much!!
I missed the days when I used to get down at Mumbai Central station and goto Victoria Memorial School to spend some time with the kids there...and come back feeling content that I have done something that goes beyond "me"...I cudn't find a chance to do anything similar here...and I wasn't very pleased about it...on top of it, I met people who were so self obsessed...obsessed about the appearance, the looks, not that its' something unusual...but at times it gets just too much! there so much to see, think, feel and ponder upon than just ourselves, our looks, our clothes...isn't it!! I just happened to get a chance to volunteer for this sports n' fest organized for disabled kids by a local newspaper...perfect timing for me...I needed something like this badly ... and after a long time I experienced that feeling of satisfaction like I used to have when I used to goto VMS...
When I came back home and thought about it...I happened to realize about feelings that are so universal...compassion, love, the happiness you get when u make a smile appear on someone's face...the sadness and helplessness you feel when you see people around you in pain and you can't do anything about it...except for being there...everything is beyond the race, caste, color, boundaries, nations, language...all the stuff that we have just made up for ourselves...the reason for which I still haven't understood...at the end of everything, its' only about lending a hand...passing a smile...empathise with the pain...share the happy n' sad moments...and feel satisfied...and isn't it ironical that I do all this 'coz it makes "me" feel good....
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