I am
constantly looking for love , goodness and innocent simplicity around me. I
need to do it to find meaning in this rushed and crazy existence, to believe in
the innate goodness of mankind. I want to look in my immediate neighbourhood
and find things that make me happy…that very moment!!!
The
responsibilities I have in life towards my child and family aside , I don’t
dwell much upon my future and likes. I just want to live in the moment. Que
sera sera. Who knows if tomorrow comes?
Recently,on a
dusty dirty morning I went for my Sunday run with a pal. The run didn’t do
me much good which is a bummer .I run with my heart 90% times and the least I
expect my running to do to me is pep me up !!
Anyways,I
can’t have things my way all the time .All days are not same.
Later, I was
out meeting a friend and as we were driving across a street in the
neighbourhood, we saw this bunch of kids climbing a tree by the roadside in
this scorching heat . We stopped to chit chat with them . There were 10-12 of
them,the oldest one being 10 years old. As we chatted up we found out they were
making a den (adda) for themselves there.
Not just
that, there were two little master chefs amongst them too. I can’t really
describe the minimum ware those two kids were getting their veggies and pooris
ready in.They were planning to enjoy their meal
sitting in their den.My eyes nearly popped out at their expertise.
The quantity
of food being prepared seemed less considering the number of kids hanging around .
On being asked, one of the older ones told me whoever contributed for the food being
prepared would only get to eat. Simple!! No Gandhian philosophies involved!!!!
Thereafter,
they proceeded to show us who had contributed in what manner.Cooking oil,flour,salt,mango(yeah,they were making some chutney kind of thing to eat
with the pooris).
The food was
being cooked in a stove made of two cement tiles and the cooking gas was paper
and twigs and pieces of wood picked from the roadside! Those kids had already learnt well about
Darwin’s theory.
Maybe you can
appreciate better from the pictures what I am trying to describe.
We marveled
watching them for quite a while before going and fetching them some laddoos
as dessert after their meal.
Those
kids!Just amazing!I hope the world lets them sustain their innocence and enthusiasm for a long long time!!
