THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME WORK LEFT TO DO ON OURSELVES

With technology almost updating human life in an impulse, there has been a huge drift in the values that today’s human possess. I have always wondered why we pinpoint western culture for all the WRONG that is happening in our country. Every country, every culture has their own values and set of understanding. They cannot be right or wrong, they are just different from another. If we do not relate to something, it only means that it does not fall into our zone of choices or preferences. It cannot be labelled as INCORRECT, because we do not agree to it. We do not learn professionalism in our work from those countries, we do not learn how to respect each other’s job no matter how different it is from them, because we only want to learn and propagate the fact that they do not uphold and stand by family values, bond, maintaining relationships, etc. If we can only see three colors of rainbow while standing at a point, does not necessarily imply that other colors of rainbow miss to exist. External factors and people can only exhale things, we want to inhale.

The coming story of an old man residing in a village proves that changing world is not always about a hashtag or people shouting with microphones in their hands. It will always and forever be an individual with strong values. This old man had no one in the name of his family. He was one of the senior residents of the village and people used to be in awe of him for multiple reasons. We often assume that love and care are the core ingredients of a relationship, be it any. Time and experience teach that it is equally about respect and trust. The old man used to manage his daily wages somehow and fill his stomach. He used to visit schools in nearby villages and help for administrative activities there. However, he always used to take lift from other people to reach to his destinations as he could not afford his own vehicle. Time passed by and soon he could save considerable amount to buy his own vehicle to travel between villages. The day he purchased his vehicle, he promised himself to help a needy everyday by giving a lift in his vehicle, like he used to get. Some souls are designed in such a way that they acknowledge and value their base and roots, which made them touch the sky.

He did follow this routine daily by helping other individuals. One day, a stranger asked him for a lift to a village and as usual, this old man helped me. On their way, the stranger took the pistol out and ordered this old man to submit whatever he had. The old man had nothing that could weigh for this stranger, so finally he took the key of the vehicle. The old man requested him to not inform this to anyone that he took his vehicle. When stranger asked whether he is afraid of becoming a subject of joke, the old man denied saying, “I do not want people to learn to distrust other. The faith on TRUST should remain intact”. Life teaches hardest lessons to softest hearts, be it this old man. The stranger agreed and took the vehicle.

After a week, the old man found his vehicle with a letter near his door. He was happily shocked and could not grasp what he was looking at. He took the letter out which read the words of that stranger, “The day I stole your vehicle, I went to all places I could on it. Wherever I went, Whoever I met, spoke about you and asked me how come this vehicle is with me. They insisted me to answer if you were in good health or if they can be of any help to you. I could steal your vehicle, not your kindness. May God bless this world with more of your kind”.

I promise you; every act of kindness adds up. Good people are not respected because of their good times, they are treasured because of the way they handled their bad days. Our circle is supposed to be proud, not jealous. If material things are what we are talking about when we say BLESSED, then we literally have no idea what a blessing is. It is certain that if you consider someone to be a blessing in your life, they own a corner of your heart reserved in their name as a form of respect. Nobody even can come close to it. If at all we find a likewise, we would definitely make a separate corner for them, but would never compromise the existing.

Kindness and trust are not built with promises, they are earned by the things we do. Talking comes easy, doing takes efforts. If you consider your struggle as a preparation and not punishment, if your bad days have made you humble and hopeful and not arrogant and full of despair, if your failures and loss have taught you empathy and not hardened your heart with self-pity, YOU ARE TRULY SPECIAL AND SOMEONE GOD IS PROUD OF.