Today after a long time Bangalore was blessed with some rain. It poured like never before.. and as usual most of us are not equipped with all the necessary gadgets to protect ourselves..:).therefore i took shelter near a bus stand trying all the while to not get my books wet..:P.It was only then that i noticed a cobbler's shop next to the bus shelter. The cobbler was inside his small makeshift shop contentedly working on repairing some shoes. By then the rain Gods probably felt sorry for my city and sent down some more rain so that all of us can have enough of it..and the roads were flooded.. It was in this setting that i learnt a new lesson.. an old man bent with age was pulling along a wheel barrow on the streets dragging his feet as one of the old shoes he was wearing had come off.. and as we all stood protected from the rain watching this man struggle.. i noticed movement beside me and in an instant the cobbler was on the road and he stopped the old man and got him to the shop.He then set about repairing the old mans shoes not witholding his protests that he did not have any money to pay him. To which the cobbler answered"you do not have to pay me anything.but if you continue to walk around like this you will hurt yourself and then where will you bring money for treatment?"
The thoughtfulness and the generosity of the young man astounded me. We call these people poor and uneducated!! honestly makes me wonder if it is us who is poor for the lack of values in our lives.
In a world where people think twice before they take soemone dying to the doctor because it costs money.. this young man was willing to help a stranger.!The experience was somewhat encriching and i decided not to haggle over the price of the repairs..:)
The rains stopped and I came home with another gem of a lesson.
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