Lesson learnt

Since the year is ending, I thought why not do a multitude of things. So apart from pretending to work, I am writing for another magazine, am doing a play (which is great fun) am editing another magazine called ORION and am reading books.

The writing part is great coz it comes naturally (as u can see) of course there are times when i dont know what to write but thankfully it doesnt last for long. moreover i have always preferred writing fact to fiction.

the other day i saw a lovely baby urchin in the train. i can tell u she had the most expressive and beautiful eyes in the world. she is chubby and wore a torn dress. but the smile never left her face. she chuckled a lot, probably laughing at the irony of her life. she was smart as she picked up signs easily. she waved and made faces back at me. the fact that she had no legs made no difference to her. she was happy that she was here. thats when i relaised how trivial our issues are. a good job, better pay, nice boyfriend, big house all fall short in front of this child's determination. am sure she would beg in a few years but even that she wud do with courage. coz it requires guts to stretch ur hand in front of someone - i know i dont want to ask for help all the time.

anyways life goes on and so did the train, taking her along far far away - maybe to teach yet another urban, self-involved person like me - a lesson in living.

cheers to that! :)