Monday, 16 September 2013

Being Human



Everyday the newspaper and TV shows are filled with horror, violence and all things that are going bad in this world!
We live on a planet where blood and gore are not just reserved for horror movies and Friday the 13th shows!
Politicians rule the world and there is always a scramble to get to the top, to be the king!
Everyone else is trampled upon, everything else-is considered not worth considering!

 Our children grow up amidst hurry, hatred, fear and worry.

We wake up rushed!
We rush with no respect for the living or the dead!

Every day, I cross a very important junction on my way to work and back. There is a huge hospital and two fancy hotels at one junction.
The road at that point is the worst stretch I experience every day!
Back breaking, nerve racking, auto toppling and slow moving!

I also get to see and hear a lot of ambulances while traveling down that stretch.
On most days, the roads are blocked and the siren sounds painful; I sometimes hear the tears and cries of the family in my head!
There is no place for them to go!

Everyone watches helplessly, trying to move as much as they can to  make way for the emergency service.
I silently whisper a prayer to help the ambulance reach quickly to the place where they can get the affected the help they need.

As the scene repeated itself this morning, I watched as I say my prayer, a young man, on a bi-cycle, pull aside to the footpath to make way and silently mumble a prayer and touch his lips in reverence.

All is not bad in this world!


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