“Earth provides enough to
satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed”. These are the famous lines of Mahatma
Gandhi. Since time immemorial mankind has testified the validity of this
saying. I too was a firm believer until
1st Feb’13. A small incident forced me to reflect upon the necessity
of need in our life.
My husband and I were
returning from a movie at 11 PM on 1st Feb’13. The security guard at
the township gate stopped us for routine verification as it was late in the
night. While waiting for the gates to open my eyes suddenly caught hold of a
black (dark) image beside the gate. To my astonishment, I saw a person sitting
beside the gate in the winter cold night. It was difficult to identify whether
it was a male or female because only the eyes were visible. As we entered the
township gate my heart beat started to increase looking at the thermometer
inside my car. It showed 5o C. I wondered how a person can withstand
the freezing cold in just one blanket.
Those black eyes kept on
resonating in my mind. It was very difficult for me to get back home and sleep
in my cozy bed with the thought of that person freezing in the night’s cold. I
shared my thoughts with my husband and within a fraction of second we decided to
get a blanket from our home for the person. As it was getting late we hurried
to the gate with the blanket.
To our utter surprise we
found that it was a lady who was taking refuge outside our township premises.
As soon as we offered the blanket to her, she replied that she cannot accept it
as she already had one. Her reply was very shocking as it was freezing outside
and she had just one black blanket. Despite our continuous effort to convince
her to accept the blanket she refused to accept it.
We returned back to our
home with utter disbelief on the entire incident. It was difficult to believe
how a person who does not even have a home to live, refuse to accept a blanket
as she already had one. She could have very well accepted it and even if it was
of no use to her, she could have sold it to earn some money. But her need
was above her greed.
If we look back upon the
entire incident we will be forced to imagine how beautiful this world would be
if everyone shed there greed. This greed
to yearn more is the root cause of corruption in our society.
Undoubtedly we will
have enough if it is required only for the need and not for the greed.
Great Start !!! Keep Going !!
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Very good Megha. Keep it up.
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ReplyDeleteVery clear expression of incident & ur thoughts.. with teaching for every body... good job..
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ReplyDeletenice one :)
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cryatal clear write-up... i found myself at incident place while reading ...
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Wow.. what a read. I repent reading it so late.
ReplyDeleteEvery expression and thought is penned out to perfection.
Very Touching kirti...
ReplyDeletevery nicely written.