It was weekend and i was at home... and i was trying to use the weekend effectively..... Then suddenly the bulb over my head glowed and i thought of tidying up my room, the cupboards, table and watever tat came my way..... It was a war... i had my weapons.. the broom, the duster, a cloth piece and finally a brush to reach out the corners...... ;)
The tidying up went on for an hour and a half. Once it was almost done, i had a lot of unwanted items piled up on the floor...... They included papers, clothes, broken pencils, painting boxes, my old bedsheet and few more such stuffs..... well, the problem here was tat i dint have place to keep all of them in my room....
I started making a fuss over it... Walking all over the house " and making all sort of comments " like " oh god.... not even a single space to keep my stuffs " .... cant we geta few more cupboards or cant this house give a little more space... ooofffffffffooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!"
As i was walking around.... our 60 yr old maid " omana chechi", was staring at me. She had the broom in her hand...... Though the wrinkles on her face showed her age, she was very strong physically....... i noticed the glint in her eyes when i spoke about the lack of space.....
Then without a word she continued cleaning.... I was a lil curious.... i wanted to know what had gone through her mind... though i felt that i knew...... So i went near her and asked her, " wat she was thinking!!!!".....
She gave me a smile and said " we are 8 people staying in my hut beside the canal.... And it has got jst 2 rooms.... a room wher we all sleep, another where we cook.... all of us have got our clothes, accessories and other things which is kept in those 2 rooms....
And here there are so many rooms and cupboards ... still you say tat there is no space.... She had a smile on her face..... A smile which said it all.... Well, i had no words for her..... i smiled back and adjusted those stuffs in my cupboard itself.....
Later in the afternoon as i lay on the couch, munching the chocolate and switching through the channels in the idiot box, i had her words running in my mind " Wasnt she correct!!" i wondered, " There is so much comfort around us but still we find faults for small things without giving a thought to how others with half of these comforts, adjust in life...." This is somethingwhich am sure all of us come through in life... A truth which cannot be and should not be neglected......
The tidying up went on for an hour and a half. Once it was almost done, i had a lot of unwanted items piled up on the floor...... They included papers, clothes, broken pencils, painting boxes, my old bedsheet and few more such stuffs..... well, the problem here was tat i dint have place to keep all of them in my room....
I started making a fuss over it... Walking all over the house " and making all sort of comments " like " oh god.... not even a single space to keep my stuffs " .... cant we geta few more cupboards or cant this house give a little more space... ooofffffffffooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!"
As i was walking around.... our 60 yr old maid " omana chechi", was staring at me. She had the broom in her hand...... Though the wrinkles on her face showed her age, she was very strong physically....... i noticed the glint in her eyes when i spoke about the lack of space.....
Then without a word she continued cleaning.... I was a lil curious.... i wanted to know what had gone through her mind... though i felt that i knew...... So i went near her and asked her, " wat she was thinking!!!!".....
She gave me a smile and said " we are 8 people staying in my hut beside the canal.... And it has got jst 2 rooms.... a room wher we all sleep, another where we cook.... all of us have got our clothes, accessories and other things which is kept in those 2 rooms....
And here there are so many rooms and cupboards ... still you say tat there is no space.... She had a smile on her face..... A smile which said it all.... Well, i had no words for her..... i smiled back and adjusted those stuffs in my cupboard itself.....
Later in the afternoon as i lay on the couch, munching the chocolate and switching through the channels in the idiot box, i had her words running in my mind " Wasnt she correct!!" i wondered, " There is so much comfort around us but still we find faults for small things without giving a thought to how others with half of these comforts, adjust in life...." This is somethingwhich am sure all of us come through in life... A truth which cannot be and should not be neglected......
