Food for Hunger or ..... ????

We(myself, wife, friend x and y :) were on our way home after about 100km journey. So we were looking to a place to have lunch on the way. One friend(x) said she would spent for the lunch and they were discussing where to eat. It was around 1.30 pm so I was getting hungry already... Friend x and y were arguing on the way to select a better place to eat. X wanted to eat from a reputed an famous place... Y wanted to eat a better meal. I wanted to eat 'something' for hunger... hmmm... then they were arguing for some time, so we almost had to skip lunch, fighting for a 'better' place to eat... if it was some other day, by this time i could have had a peaceful lunch by now... more desires, more problems...

Some try to show off their class by visiting expensive places... Some think they belong to the upper class (in society) just because they can afford to spend money at expensive and famous shops... more desires While the so called poor man ('financially' poor) who may have only very few options are much happier with what he has... may be some think, we will also be rich someday and eat in a better place...

more money, more expectations, more problems...

this cycle continues....

Just Another Day In Paradise

A girl rang the door bell, i checked who it was. She said 'sorry to disturb you sir...', it was another poor girl (financially poor) trying to either sell something or asking for help. I said 'sorry we dont want anything', I didnt want to listen to the long story as i wasnt going to give her anything.

In fact it was not me who wanted something, it was that girl who goes to each doorstep trying to get something she wants. I was busy watching a cricket match(having some leisure time), while that girl might have been trying to earn something for her living... But it was just another day for me in paradise, hmmm.... why didnt I give something ? well, she could be telling lies..since its very common here to find ppl telling various lies to get something... so what, its their problem to lie and earn money, but if we can give something to help them we wont feel anything bad i guess, isnt it ??

I felt really bad after i just ignored her, specially because i also have been through financial difficult times. I once thought I would be a really rice person and start trying helping ppl with my money... thats rubbish.... You never have to be really rich to help someone, even financially. You should always be ready to give with what you have NOW. Then I remembered the Rs. 20,000 I gave about 1 year ago for a friend to his fathers medical treatments. That was almost 1/2 of my salary then, but still i enjoy it very much every time i remember it. And the other special thing about that donation is, that friend still doesnt know I gave that much, so it makes really good too. why is that ? Then you CAN'T expect anything in return for your help !! Normally when we help someone, we natuarally expect the other person to at least remember the help we did, and may be do something in return. Thats when there will be more problems, when you dont get what you expected... again loss of expectations...

So i'll be going out in a while, i'll just trying to help someone today at least for the girl i ignored at my doorstep. !!