Life is the greatest gift of God. It is
beautiful yet unpredictable. If at times you have enjoyed life to its fullest
there will be also be time when you are let down. We all go through hard times.
No matter however satisfied you are, everyone goes through the most difficult
situations of life. Life is not a bed of red roses. Sometime there is a bed of
red roses and sometime there is a bed of black roses in our path. There comes a
time in life when you are little blue. One or the other rough situations occurs
in your life which leaves you shattered with a heavy heart. You are hopeless.
Most difficult situation of life may be different according to different
people. These situations that you go through are just a test of your patience.
You need to act strong. Therefore stay calm and let go .Do not give up. Some
situations of my life that evoke questions and responses are:
- OBSERVATION
God forbid, but there comes a time in some
people’s life when due to some terrible accident they face a prey to being
handicapped. It was a Sunday when I visited India Gate, the heart of Delhi with
my friends. The weather was very nice. We were clicking photos and next moment
my eyes were stuck on some random boy, he was childish enough but in many ways
quite artless here means innocent, there was seriousness on his face because he
was submerged into his own world. What I found most attractive about him was
his willingness for his work. I kept on staring on him for about 5 minutes and
he was fully dedicated towards his painting but most surprising point was that
he was a Handicapped boy. God has not given him power to work with hands. He
was doing his painting through his legs and that painting was flawless, crystal
clear which had a very deep meaning. He was doing his painting continuously with
tireless and determined attitude.
My only question was how these handicapped
people manage their life without complaining to anyone and even with smiling
face? Why do not our Government take some prudential steps for these kind of
people? Why do not they provide a
suitable platform to these kind of disabled people? So can you imagine your
life without your body part?
No doubt, our government is doing work for welfare
of every citizen. The country where we are residing in , is not easy to handle because
of population. Our Government is providing facilities to these people but they
are not accessible to them because of corruption and lack of right of aiming.
Even the thought of losing a part of your body runs a shievers through your
mind. It takes a lot of courage and inspiration to live life happily in such a
situation, unless you are supported by your peer dealing. This situation when
you feel tortured. So we should take care of these people more so that they do
not feel sad because of loss of any body part.
I questioned to myself that how can we help to
these people, how can we help them for their living, how can we make them to
feel comfortable with society, how can we make them feel that they are equal
like all citizen and they are not different from us?
Yes, of course they are equal to like everyone.
Even I believe they are more talented because God has surely gifted them a
super talent. Every person has a hidden talent or you can say a hidden treasure,
we just have to find it and yes these people are handicapped but may be they
are talented in some other way. We should encourage them. We should help them
in every possible way. We just have to help them to find their hidden talent.
NGO and government also should help them and provide them a more platform to
show their talent .So that they can shine out in the world.
Everyone for once in a lifetime experiences old
age. This is that situation of life when you are almost done with all of your
responsibilities. You sit back and wait for your death but sadly if you have to
work at this age, if you have to earn for you living at this age, if you have
to show to world that you are strong enough to live alone.
I was sitting with my friend on the bench in
C.P, then an old man came and he offered me to buy a pen. “3 pens for rs20”, he
was repeating it loudly. He was short-heighten man with stubbing back, wearing
loose and ill fitted clothes. When he offered us pen, my friend refused and
then he went away but my mind just stuck on some questions that why he is
selling pen at this age, why he is doing so much of hard work. When my friend
disapproved his shabby appearance then he went away with a smile. But I called
him back to gave him just some money but without taking any pen from him. I
wanted him to give him money because he looks so honest and truthful person but
he refused to take money without selling his pen and said, “beta, muft ke paise
ni lete ham ya to pen khareedo varna muft ke paisa ni”. His gratefulness'
impressed me. Then, I asked why you doing work at this age then he told us his
sad story. That man had a son who was studying for CA, who left him for a job in
Austria. It’s been 8 years that he did not call him, He never visited his house
and he even did not come back. So for his living he has to work. He told us his
heart touching story with a smile. Next moment I thought Oh God! This old man
was overburdened with so many responsibilities at such a difficult stage of
life. He owed a respect in my eyes. Then I questioned to myself that
Can you imagine how it feels to be treated in
this manner in spite of having spent your whole life for your children? Why on
this earth today’s youngsters are so careless, rude, honest less towards their
parents? Why these parents are living their life like they do not have any
child? Why youngsters are not taking their responsibilities?
Well, honestly speaking, it feels bad. Being a
burden on your own child makes you feel worse. This becomes a difficult
situation of life where in all you can do is sit and think where did I go
wrong? Today’s youngsters wants freedom and just freedom, free from all kind of
responsibilities but they forget parents are just like our God ,they are not
burden. They just wants to enjoy their life without any restriction. So, every
youngster have on this earth must know the value of parents. They are angles
who land on earth to give us love and care. Parents spend their whole life
working for their children. They do all that they can give secure future to
their children. Parents are living example of selfless, sacrifice and devotion
to a cause.
If this
old man can work so hard at such a age, then why the young people start begging
at street without doing any work and potting no efforts? Why are there are so
beggars in Delhi and even in whole India? Why do not they make their life much
better? Why they choose to become beggar. Is this by choice or by birth?
I think they choose this profession by their own
choice and I think they start begging because begging is much easier more than
that working somewhere and getting employed. Another reason could be that they
are illiterate and have no idea of their self respect. Begging is shortest path
to earn money, and they can enough much for their living by begging. Its human
tendency to opt for shortest path and they can get two times of meals through
this. Who else on this earth wants to work hard? If there is a family of five
members, then all five members star begging and after begging they manage to
earn enough to get their meal twice a day.
Another reason may be less employment in our country. Due to the above
reasons people start begging. And with the increasing population the no of
beggars are also increasing which makes India look a poor country. And surprising
fact is that about half of foreigners visit India to see its poverty.
Does our “Sanskritiastion” teaches us to
leave our parents alone at old age or leaving them without basic needs or
leaving them helpless and alone on the path of struggling?
In Indian culture parents are treated as God. As
in ancient time, Our Indian culture was use too be so self sacrificing,
respecting towards parents and full of spirit of obedience. At that time just
once statement by their parents were immediately followed by the children. For
example- Bhagwan Shi Ram ji sincerely obeyed the order of his step mother
Kaikayi, and set off for an exile in the forest for 14 years, handing over the
charge of the kingdom of Ayodhya to his younger brother, Bharat. He also kept
the promise of his father thereby. Shravankumar-
Shravankumar served his blind parents incessantly and tirelessly. When his
parents expressed their wish to go on a pilgrimage to Kashi, He immediately
started preparing for the journey. He arranged for a bamboo lath with slings at
each end. He made use of it to carry his parents to kasha. No conveyance; the
journey on foot. Those showed that parents were treated as a God, but now a day’s our
youngsters are so mean and selfish and self-centered and good for nothing.
Parents suffer many hardships for their children. Hurting parents amounts to
hurting God only. So, children avoid hurting their own parents and respect
them. It is impossible us to repay our parents for what they do for us but we
at least we can try.
How can we help old people who are unable to earn
but struggling for their basic needs?
There are lots of ways you can do your bit to help
lonely or socially isolated elderly people in your community. You’ll find you
reap health benefits, too, as well as the person you’re helping. We can help
them by volunteering for an organization that supports older people. But a
simple friendly chat or phone call can make all the difference too. Evidence suggests
that giving your time in this way could be as valuable to you as the person you
support. It’s likely to boost your self-esteem and sense of purpose. And
helping others takes your mind off your own problems for a while. It’s not
always easy to know who or how to help. A good start is simply to stop and talk
to an elderly neighbor if you pass them in the street. You could ask them if
they need any help with tasks such as shopping, posting letters, dog walking or
offering to accompany them to various activities or doctors and hospitals
appointments.
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