ALL THEY WANT IS "YOUR TIME"

      It was 1st JANUARY, NEW YEAR. My cousin had come from abroad for vacation to visit us. She makes sure that she visits an orphanage and distribute sweets to the children there. This time she told me to accompany her,for which i was hesitant at first but later agreed.I was hesitant as i thought it was boring and it would be better to spend some time with my friends and enjoy. It was 6 pm in the evening and we entered into the orphanage.There were about 60 children of age groups between  6 to 16. We were welcomed by a very big "HAPPY NEW YEAR " by them. Then they sat in 6 rows of 10 people. Me and my cousins started distributing the sweets. I started with the first row. When i gave them the packet each one of them told me "thank you". It was the first time that i could feel so much of happiness just by hearing a thank you from someone. Later I sat with them and discussed many things with them.What i learnt from them was that your experiences in your life is what makes you what you are. There was this girl whom i asked what was her ambition in her life, she replied that she wanted to become a police, and when i asked why, she told she wanted to become a police and shut down all the liquor shops in India. Then i asked her how was she able to think in such a way. Her reply astonished me. She told it was her experience. She told that her father used to come home drunk daily and beat up her mother and that was how her father died. At one point i felt lucky about myself when compared to them. Later interacting with many other children i found out that they were way more talented, as many of them sang beautifully and all of them had black belt in taekwando. They made me sing a song and also made my cousins dance. Later after spending about 1 hour with them, we were about to leave. At that time all of them had one question " When will you people come back here?" I replied "next year". All of them became sad and told me to come visit them at least few times a year and also asked me to learn some dance and come.I replied with a "Yes" and left. That day all i understood was "All they wanted was some of  "your time" in their life, the sweets might not have made them much happy,but surely our presence did".

(THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE IS "YOUR TIME")

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS "GIVE", TO MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY

   I HAD GONE TO BUY SOME DINNER FOR MYSELF AT A RESTAURANT. I PLACED MY ORDER AND WAS WAITING FOR MY PARCEL TO GET READY. AS I WAS WAITING, I SEE THIS OLD WOMAN SITTING ON THE STAIRS OF THE RESTAURANT AND COUNTING COINS,WHICH I GUESS SHE  HAD COLLECTED AFTER BEGGING ON THE STREETS. SHE WAS HARDLY ABLE TO WALK.MY PARCEL WAS PREPARED IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. I TOOK IT AND CAME OUTSIDE . JUST WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE I SEE THIS OLD WOMAN ASKING THE WORKERS IN THE RESTAURANT FOR SOME WATER. AFTER PLEADING FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES, SHE WAS GIVEN A GLASS OF WATER. THEN SHE GOT UP FROM THE STAIRS WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY AND CAME TOWARDS ME. SHE CAME TO ME AND ASKED FOR SOME MONEY. I GAVE HER SOME CHANGE WHICH I HAD, AFTER WHICH SHE STARTED WALKING AWAY. BUT THE MOMENT SHE HAD COME TO ME, I COULD SEE HUNGER IN HER EYES. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THIS TIME IF I WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE HER SOMETHING TO EAT, I WOULD REGRET MY WHOLE LIFE THINKING THAT WHEN I HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY I DINT. SO I WALKED TO HER AS FAST AS I CAN AND ASKED HER " WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT SOMETHING?". SHE ASKED "WHAT?" . I REPLIED "WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE DOSA WHICH I JUST BOUGHT FROM THAT RESTAURANT?". HER INSTANT REPLY WAS "YES. YES I WOULD EAT ". IT MADE HER HAPPY.  I GAVE HER ONE PACK  OF DOSA FROM MINE. SHE TOOK IT AND WALKED AWAY SMILING. BUT WHAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER IS HER SMILING FACE.
SOMETIMES ALL YOU YOU NEED TO MAKE YOURSELF AND SOMEONE ELSE HAPPY IS TO SHARE THE LITTLE THINGS YOU HAVE WITH THEM. 
THAT DAY I MIGHT NOT HAVE SATISFIED MY HUNGER BY SHARING MY FOOD WITH SOMEONE BUT SURELY THIS INCIDENT CAN MAKE ME HAPPY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

(STOP WASTING FOOD BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DIE OF HUNGER DAILY )

THE MAN WHO DINT GIVE UP

    I WAS WAITING FOR MY FRIEND ON THE ROADSIDE NEAR MY HOUSE.I HAD TO RETURN HIM A BOOK. WHILE WAITING,I  SEE A MAN, SELLING VEGETABLES ON HIS CART WHICH HE WAS PUSHING ACROSS THE ROAD. THERE WAS SOMETHING WHICH MADE ME STOP AND LOOK AT HIM FOR A WHILE. WHAT MADE HIM DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE WAS THAT HE HAD ONLY ONE ARM. HIS LEFT ARM WAS AMPUTATED. WHAT INSPIRED ME WAS THAT,EVEN WITH HIS DISABILITY HE WAS PUSHING THE CART WITH JUST ONE HAND EVEN IF IT WAS SOO DIFFICULT FOR HIM. THE MOMENT I  WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THIS,HE HAD ALREADY REACHED A LITTLE FAR. JUST THEN MY FRIEND ARRIVED AND I MET HIM  AND GAVE HIM  THE BOOK AND HE LEFT. THEN THE THOUGHT OF THE VEGETABLE SELLER CAUGHT MY MIND. I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE MET HIM AND ASKED FEW THINGS ABOUT HIM. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT HE MIGHT NOT HAVE  GONE VERY FAR. I TOOK MY BIKE AND STARTED SEARCHING FOR HIM AROUND THE LANES IN MY AREA AS I KNEW HE WOULD STILL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. LUCKILY I FOUND HIM IN ABOUT 10 MINS. I WENT TO HIM AND ASKED HIM FEW QUESTIONS

ME- "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR HAND?"

HE-"I USED TO WORK AS A FARMER PREVIOUSLY. MY HAND GOT CUT IN AN ACCIDENT THEN"

ME-"EVEN THOUGH YOU WORK?"
HE-"WE HAVE TO WORK HARD. WHAT SAY? GOD DINT GIVE ME MUCH FORTUNE, BUT HE SURELY GAVE ME THE WILL POWER NOT TO GIVE UP. MANY PEOPLE ASK ME HOW I PUSH THIS CART ALL DAY WITH JUST ONE HAND. I JUST  REPLY THAT GOD IS THERE FOR ME AND THAT I PRAY TO HIM DAILY AND HE GIVES ME THE POWER TO OVERCOME MY TROUBLES"
ME-YOU ARE GREAT
HE-(STARTS TELLING ABOUT HIS CHILDREN) "I HAVE ONE DAUGHTER AND TWO SONS. I GOT MY DAUGHTER MARRIED, MY BOTH SONS ARE NOT EDUCATED, ONE OF THEM IS DRIVING AN  AUTO"
(REALLY WANTED TO GIVE HIM SOMETHING FOR INSPIRING ME, SO GAVE HIM SOME MONEY,  AT FIRST HE REFUSED, BUT LATER I CONVINCED HIM TO TAKE IT,HE WAS VERY HAPPY AND TOLD ME THAT HIS NAME WAS SWAMY AND ASKED MY NAME TOO)
    YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEARCH FOR INSPIRATIONAL OR MOTIVATIONAL VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE OR INTERNET, WHEN YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND PLENTY OF INSPIRING PEOPLE AROUND YOU ,YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THEM.
                                      (RESPECT )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlMcNGcl0Rs