This one was penned down way back in 2010..!!!!

THE LITTLE GIRL.

IT WAS ONLY WHEN THE MILD DRIZZLE HAD GRADUATED TO HEAVY SWOLLEN DROPS OF RAIN,
DID MY ATTENTION GO OUT ONTO TO THE HUGE GLASS WINDOWS AT WORK FACING
THE MOUNTAINS ADJACENT TO MY WORKPLACE ...

THE SKY WAS TURNING INTO A SHADE OF GREY WITH HUGE THUNDER CLOUDS HOVERING
ABOVE, WAITING TO BURST OPEN AT THEIR SEAMS..WITH A WEARY HEART I BEGGED GOD TO
WAIT UNTIL I HAD LEFT MY WORKPLACE..THE THOUGHT OF TRAFFIC SNARLS..THE WATER LOGGING... GETTING DRENCHED AGAIN FROM HEAD TO TOE CROSSED MY MIND...FERVENTLY WISHING THAT THE SKIES WOULD OPEN UP LATE AT NIGHT........



AS I LOOKED CLOSER, I SAW A SMALL CLUSTER OF HUTS ALONGSIDE THE HILL..PROBABLY WORKERS HELPING IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF YET ANOTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESS UNIT I GUESSED..ON LUKING CLOSER I
SAW A TINY PUNY GIRL .MEBBE TEN YEARS OLD SITTING ALONG THE ROAD SIDE, WATCHING HER PARENTS DO THE TEDIOUS DRILLING WORK.SOON THEREAFTER THE FLOODGATES OPENED UP..CURSING MY LUCK I ONCE AGAIN WENT TO MY WINDOW SILL AND LOOKED OUT.


CURIOUSLY THOUGH I SAW THE LITTLE GIRL STILL STANDING AT THE SAME SPOT, BUT NOW WITH HER ARMS OUTSTRETCHED ACCOMPANIED BY A HUGE SMILE ON HER FACE.. ENJOYING THE PITTER PATTER OF RAIN DROPS FALLING ON HER ARMS.

..THOUGH SHE WAS DRESSED IN RAGS THE CHILD HAD A BEAUTIFUL SMILE ETCHED ACROSS HER FACE OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY CLOTHES THAT
HER PARENTS COULD AFFORD FOR HER..THERE SHE SAT,ON A MAKESHIFT SWING AND ROSE TO N FRO .........
HIGHER AND FASTER,THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND....
THERE WAS A SPARKLE IN HER EYE...HER FACE SHONE WITH CONTENTMENT AND SHE CRIED OUT
NOISILY...

HERE I WAS; STANDING INSIDE A CLOSED SPACE; FURNISHED TO THE POINT OF EXTRAVAGANCE AND YET BEING GRUMPY ABOUT HAVING TO TRAVEL IN THE RAINS
AND THERE SHE WAS....... SOMEONE WHO WAS SO IMPOVERISHED YET SO CONTENT AND HAPPY!!!!

SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE A SHELTER OVER HER HEAD IF THE SAME DOWNPOUR CONTINUED...
SOMEONE WHO KNEW LITTLE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT SAME NIGHT..'WHETHER SHE WOULD BE GETTING HER DINNER OR NOT...
IT WAS THEN THAT I FELT SO VERY INADEQUATE IN MY APPROACH AND LIMITED IN MY THINKING TOWARDS LIFE ...
ON THE ONE HAND I HAD EVERYTHING .. YET ON THE OTHER I LOST MORE...

SOME WHERE DOWN THE LINE..I HAD STOPPED ADMIRING THE BEAUTY OF NATURE..
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I THANKED GOD FOR MAKING ME FEEL SO PRIVILEGED?
WOULD I FIND CONTENTMENT IN JUMPING UP AND DOWN IN A PUDDLE OF RAIN EVEN TODAY?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I CRIED OUT IN JOY AND TOOK SOME TIME OUT FOR MYSELF?


I CLOSED MY EYES AMAZED AT HOW MUCH I MISSED ALREADY....