Contentment
Author: Dr. K.S. Kang
I had to go to a village a few kilometres away from my home town for a few days in my job. My vehicle scooter helped in daily commuting to that place. As I used to reach my home late in the afternoon so I used to take snacks in a tiffin that I used to take during the break. One day there was some religious festivals and villagers were observing it with a feast in the village. During the break while I was having snacks with my colleagues a group of villagers came with a large vessel containing edibles. An old man of the village place a Laddo1 and a Gulabjamun 2 in my plate saying that sometimes you should taste our food too and don’t worry you will not have to take lunch today in your house. I was quite pleased with the sweets that the villagers offered me. Along with the villagers came a little angelic girl with an innocent and sweet face picked up my plate. Suddenly her uncle said, “ Don’t eat too much. You had taken already a lot for your little stomach”. To it this girl replied by turning around and facing her uncle “ I am not taking it for myself, I am taking it to give it to the beggar child sitting outside in the scorching sun. Don’t worry I will not take anything from it and I will give only half of the sweets to the child and bring the rest to the Babuji” pointing towards me. However, She was lost in her play and perhaps she had forgotten to give instruction to that child only to eat half of the sweets too. I also did not expect the plate to come back. Strange are the ways of God a little ago I was going to have sweets in addition to my snacks of the tiffin and now I will have to go without any food till afternoon but that day even after reaching my home I was not feeling intolerably hungry, even though I did not have a single morsel except morning tea, because my hear was full of contentment as I gave my food to a destitute child and appeased his hunger at least for a day.
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