Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Unconditional help

My experience has been that if you are afflicted with sense of guilt and if your self image is low, you must help someone without expecting anything in return. I am diabetic and regularly get my blood sugar checked in a pathalogical lab "Belle View" which happens to be at a distance of about 3 km from my residence. One fine morning at about 8.30 am, as I was entering the building in which "Belle View" is located on the first floor of the building for check up of blood sugar, I heard a female voice "Beta, Meri madad karo" ( son, will you help me) . I turned back and saw a very old lady perhaps in the age group of 80-85 years who was struggling to walk with a stick. I hesitated for a moment. Then suddenly, I reached my hand to help her. I held her hand tightly and asked her. "Apko kahan Jana Hai" ( Where do you want to go) . She was speaking in Hindi Language, so I replied in Hindi. She said "Mere ko autoriksha me baithna hai. Mera haath pakad kar Auto Riksha tak chalo" ( Help me in reaching to autoriksha). She could barely walk. I adjusted her stick which she was holding so that she could get firm grip on it. Then I supported her with my shoulder and with great difficulty somehow managed to bring her to autoriskha which was waiting at some distance. After she was seated comfortably inside autoriksha, she thanked me profusely and asked "Kya tum muslim ho" ( Are you muslim). I replied in negative. She put her hand on my head and blessed me. I gave her some money so that she could pay autofare. After she went, I rehearsed the whole scene mentally several times and felt good. Perhaps, this was on account of unconditional help given to someone.

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