“The "art of tea" is a spiritual force for us to share.
Day, day before Yesterday I was on my way to this temple. Stop giving me that look, I know you don’t trust me (exam results were to be announced so).
Two couple of weeks before…
The first time I actually decided to go to temple (on my own, with my will) to pray for my results (actually beg, bribe or fool). And then I thought it would be irrational for me to go and pray empty-handed. So, I just decided to stop by a super-market, take a box of sweets and give it to temple (which would later be given as prasadam to all the devotees). To be truthful, I had nothing to do with the sweets. All I wanted was giving it to the temple and make a Harake (which is commonly used in all Bollywood movies and K’soaps as mannat) that “I would every week without fail will bestow at your feet a box of sweets for the next four weeks (that is till my results were out) and in exchange I pray you to help me (indirectly telling him that I have no other option) to clear my Management Accountancy paper”. And I did the same for the next couple of weeks.
Day, day before yesterday I saw this old fat grumpy lady with a small kid at the billing counter (at the supermarket) who was right in-front of me billing a pair of socks, three MTR ready to eat packs, 8 LUX soaps, 2 Close-Up toothpastes, some vegetables, 2 dozen of bananas (I swear I don’t know why she was buying bananas, ;), come on really!!!) and lot of other things. She had two full trolleys. This was pissing me off badly because I was getting late.
Meanwhile, I saw this dark, scattered hair kid (hardly 3 years old) wearing torn clothes, running towards the billing counter (I don’t how that beggar kid came inside the market). This beggar kid came and stood right in front of me and started staring at my hands which had 500 grams of Kaju-Barfi. I gave him a scary gawk and turned my eyes off from him.
This went on for 2 minutes and I was feeling very uncomfortable. So, I just decided to shoo that kid off. And when I turned to do so, I just saw some thing that put my eyes into shame. This old fat grumpy lady’s kid patted the beggar kid’s back and gave it (sorry, him) an Éclairs. And that beggar kid just took it and ran out of the market. And for the next two minutes I just didn’t know how to react. On one side, for my selfish needs I was bribing the God, whereas, on the other side I just saw a three year old kid who could hardly speak, sharing a chocolate with someone who actually needed it the most. I always had heard that “Actions speak louder than words” but today I just understood what it actually meant.
So even I thought, instead of giving that box of sweets to the temple, which at the end of the day will be eaten by some idiots, I just thought why not I give it to some people who really need it. So, as soon as I finished the darshan I came out and gave that box of sweets to a beggar standing in front of the temple. He just said “Devaru yavagalu ninna jotheyalli idhi, ninna sukhawaghi nodkond irali”.
SUBTITLE: May the Lord be with you all the time and BESTOW you with happiness, forever.
Those words shook me off from my roots. It was then I understood the real meaning of bestow, it was then I understood what I was doing and what I should have done. Instead of giving those sweets to some one for whom it had no value, I should have just given it to people who needed it the most. It would have been just like God giving free quarter a mark to every guy in my class instead of giving me those marks who needed it the most to clear my paper (I know that’s a stupid comparison to make, but it seriously is worth a thought).
What have I've Learnt: “The people who are hardest to love are usually the ones who need it most.”. A three old kid had given me a lifetime of wisdom without speaking a word. And I just wanted to share it with you.
P.S. I just got break even marks in my paper.
Eat well, Sleep safe. Sayonara
Have a Nice Day [=)]
